Index associated with child health service utilization in Lao PDR and Viet Nam

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Child mortality is preventable by the promotion of health service utilization in developing countries. We showed an education program promotes health service utilization in rural areas in Phongsaly province, Lao PDR. We also demonstrated an index associated with child health service utilization, which represents the interactions among characteristics of health services and those of population, is significantly related with the child routine vaccination coverage, using data from the Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey in Lao PDR and the Demographic and Health Survey in Viet Nam.