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Global Health Economics and
Sustainability
Maternal health-care service utilization

Methodology: Arvind Kumar Yadav Blumenberg, C., Costa, J.C., Ricardo, L.I., Jacobs, C., Ferreira, L.Z.,
Writing – original draft: Madhurima Ghosh Vidaletti, L.P., et al. (2023). Coverage, trends, and inequalities
Writing – review & editing: All authors of maternal, newborn, and child health indicators among the
poor and non-poor in the most populous cities from 38 Sub-
Ethics approval and consent to participate Saharan African countries. Journal of Urban Health, 1-14.
Not applicable. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11524-023-00806-y
Chauhan, B.G., Sivanandan, V., Singh, M.N., & Ojha, D.K. (2021).
Consent for publication Inequalities and trends in maternal health care services
Not applicable. utilization in India, 1992-2016: Strategies in the Search for
Improvements. Demography India, 50:65-87.
Availability of data Do, N., Tran, H.T.G., Phonvisay, A., & Oh, J. (2018). Trends of
socioeconomic inequality in using maternal health care
The data source is publicly available at the following URL: services in Lao People’s democratic republic from year 2000
https://www.dhsprogram.com to 2012. BMC Public Health, 18:875.
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