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Barriers to increasing hospital birth rates in rural Shanxi Province, China

Yu GaoResearch Fellow, Northern Rivers University Department of Rural Health, Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sydney, Lismore, NSW, [email protected]
,
Lesley BarclayDirector and Professor, Northern Rivers University Department of Rural Health, Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sydney, Lismore, NSW, Australia
,
Sue KildeaChair of Midwifery, Australian Catholic University and Mater Mothers Hospital, South Brisbane, QLD, Australia
,
Min HaoObstetrics and Gynecology; Director, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Second Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, China
&
Suzanne BeltonMenzies School of Health Research, Darwin, NT, Australia
(Senior Lecturer Professor Professor)
Pages 35-45 | Published online: 24 Nov 2010

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