The Influence of Distance and Level of Care on Delivery Place in Rural Zambia: A Study of Linked National Data in a Geographic Information System

Sabine Gabrysch; Simon Cousens; Jonathan Cox; Oona M. R. Campbell

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1000394

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The Influence of Distance and Level of Care on Delivery Place in Rural Zambia: A Study of Linked National Data in a Geographic Information System

Sabine Gabrysch ,

* E-mail: sabine.gabrysch@uni-heidelberg.de

Affiliation Institute of Public Health, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität, Heidelberg, Germany
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Simon Cousens,

Affiliation Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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Jonathan Cox,

Affiliation Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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Oona M. R. Campbell

Affiliation Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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The Influence of Distance and Level of Care on Delivery Place in Rural Zambia: A Study of Linked National Data in a Geographic Information System

Sabine Gabrysch,
Simon Cousens,
Jonathan Cox,
Oona M. R. Campbell

Published: January 25, 2011
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1000394

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Translations of the abstract into three European languages

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The authors have kindly provided us with translations of the abstract of this article into: French; German; and Spanish.

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Gabrysch S, Cousens S, Cox J, Campbell OMR (2011) The Influence of Distance and Level of Care on Delivery Place in Rural Zambia: A Study of Linked National Data in a Geographic Information System. PLoS Med 8(1): e1000394. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1000394

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- Translation of abstract into German (translated by Sabine Gabrysch, lead author):
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