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Socioeconomic inequalities in skilled birth attendance and child stunting in selected low and middle income countries: Wealth quintiles or deciles?

BACKGROUND: Wealth quintiles derived from household asset indices are routinely used for measuring socioeconomic inequalities in the health of women and children in low and middle-income countries. We explore whether the use of wealth deciles rather than quintiles may be advantageous. METHODS: We se...

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Autores principales: Wong, Kerry L. M., Restrepo-Méndez, María Clara, Barros, Aluísio J. D., Victora, Cesar G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5414946/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28467411
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0174823