Impact of National Rural Health Mission on Perinatal Mortality in Rural India.
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2012-02
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Innovations under National Rural Health Mission have paved the way for increased
utilization of hospitals for childbirth. The association of increase in hospital
deliveries with decline in the perinatal mortality rate in rural India after the launch of
NRHM in 2005 was assessed using the Sample Registration System reports.
Relative increase in hospital deliveries was 57% from year 2005 to 2008 but
relative decline in the PNMR was only 2.5% in the rural areas of Indian states
(r=0.2; 95% confidence interval -0.2-0.6; P=0.3). Hence, quality of care at the time
of childbirth needs to be assessed.
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Evaluation, Mortality, Perinatal, Rural, Quality of care
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Singh Sharad Kumar, Kaur Ravinder, Gupta Madhu, Kumar Rajesh. Impact of National Rural Health Mission on Perinatal Mortality in Rural India. Indian Pediatrics. 2012 February; 49(2): 136-138.