Determinants of Performance of Health Systems Concerning Maternal and Child Health: A Global Approach

Carlos Eduardo Pinzón-Flórez, Julián Alfredo Fernández-Niño, Myriam Ruiz-Rodríguez, Álvaro J Idrovo and Abel Armando Arredondo López

PLOS ONE, 2015, vol. 10, issue 3, 1-27

Abstract: Aims: To assess the association of social determinants on the performance of health systems around the world. Methods: A transnational ecological study was conducted with an observation level focused on the country. In order to research on the strength of the association between the annual maternal and child mortality in 154 countries and social determinants: corruption, democratization, income inequality and cultural fragmentation, we used a mixed linear regression model for repeated measures with random intercepts and a conglomerate-based geographical analysis, between 2000 and 2010. Results: Health determinants with a significant association on child mortality(

Date: 2015
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