Wealth-based equity in maternal, neonatal, and child health services utilization: a cross-sectional study from Ethiopia.
Alem Desta WunehAraya Abrha MedhanyieAfework Mulugeta BezabihLars Åke PerssonJoanna SchellenbergYemisrach Behailu OkwarajiPublished in: International journal for equity in health (2019)
Utilization of maternal health services was low, inequitable, and skewed against women from the poorest households. In contrast, preventive child health services were equitably distributed. Efforts to increase utilization and reinforcement of pro-poor and pro-rural strategies for maternal, newborn and immunization services in Ethiopia should be strengthened.
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