Regional Disparities in Prenatal Care Services in Rural China
Regional Disparities in Prenatal Care Services in Rural China
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中国农村产前保健服务的地区差异
DOI:
10.1177/1010539511418356
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发表时间:
2011-09-01
影响因子:
2.5
通讯作者:
Hao, Mo
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作者:
Lu, Jun;Shen, Jay J.;Hao, Mo
The study compared the prenatal care programs in the Central-East, Northwest, and Southwest regions of China. Data were collected on 14 indicators of the quality of the prenatal care process, as well as the percentage of women with high-risk pregnancies who were screened. The average number of prenatal examinations for those women who received prenatal care was 5.01, and 62.6% of pregnant women had their first examination within 12 weeks of their pregnancy. About 35% of these pregnant women had at least 1 high-risk screening, and 20.8% had 3 high-risk screenings. Among the 3 regions, the Central-East region had the best overall quality prenatal services, and the Northwest area had the poorest quality. The quality of prenatal health care in poor, rural China is in need of improvement.