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Location matters: trends in inequalities in child mortality in Indonesia. Evidence from repeated cross-sectional surveys.

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العنوان: Location matters: trends in inequalities in child mortality in Indonesia. Evidence from repeated cross-sectional surveys.
المؤلفون: Andrew Hodge, Sonja Firth, Tiara Marthias, Eliana Jimenez-Soto
المصدر: PLoS ONE, Vol 9, Iss 7, p e103597 (2014)
بيانات النشر: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2014.
سنة النشر: 2014
المجموعة: LCC:Medicine
LCC:Science
مصطلحات موضوعية: Medicine, Science
الوصف: BACKGROUND:Considerable improvements in life expectancy and other human development indicators in Indonesia are thought to mask considerable disparities between populations in the country. We examine the existence and extent of these disparities by measuring trends and inequalities in the under-five mortality rate and neonatal mortality rate across wealth, education and geography. METHODOLOGY:Using data from seven waves of the Indonesian Demographic and Health Surveys, direct estimates of under-five and neonatal mortality rates were generated for 1980-2011. Absolute and relative inequalities were measured by rate differences and ratios, and where possible, slope and relative indices of inequality. Disparities were assessed by levels of rural/urban location, island groups, maternal education and household wealth. FINDINGS:Declines in national rates of under-five and neonatal mortality have accorded with reductions of absolute inequalities in clusters stratified by wealth, maternal education and rural/urban location. Across these groups, relative inequalities have generally stabilised, with possible increases with respect to mortality across wealth subpopulations. Both relative and absolute inequalities in rates of under-five and neonatal mortality stratified by island divisions have widened. CONCLUSION:Indonesia has made considerable gains in reducing under-five and neonatal mortality at a national level, with the largest reductions happening before the Asian financial crisis (1997-98) and decentralisation (2000). Hasty implementation of decentralisation reforms may have contributed to a slowdown in mortality rate reduction thereafter. Widening inequities between the most developed provinces of Java-Bali and those of other island groupings should be of particular concern for a country embarking on an ambitious plan for universal health coverage by 2019. A focus on addressing the key supply side barriers to accessing health care and on the social determinants of health in remote and disadvantaged regions will be essential for this plan to be realised.
نوع الوثيقة: article
وصف الملف: electronic resource
اللغة: English
تدمد: 1932-6203
Relation: http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4111602?pdf=render; https://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0103597
URL الوصول: https://doaj.org/article/c25ff4e56e844c508166c70ffaabdc0c
رقم الأكسشن: edsdoj.25ff4e56e844c508166c70ffaabdc0c
قاعدة البيانات: Directory of Open Access Journals
الوصف
تدمد:19326203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0103597