Bypassing Birth Centres for Childbirth: an Analysis of Data from a Community-Based Prospective Cohort Study in Nepal

Background: In Nepal, women residing in rural areas tend to bypass local birth centres and deliver at urban hospitals, despite the availability of obstetric care in these centres. This study investigated the incidence of bypassing, characteristics of bypassers and their reasons for bypassing the bir...

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Main Authors: Karkee, R., Lee, Andy, Binns, Colin
Format: Journal Article
Published: Oxford University Press 2015
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/23427