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Title of Article Equity of access to and utilization of reproductive health services in Thailand: national Reproductive Health Survey data, 2006 and 2009 
Date of Acceptance 21 December 2011 
Journal
     Title of Journal Reproductive Health Matters 
     Standard SCOPUS 
     Institute of Journal England 
     ISBN/ISSN S09 6 8 - 8 08 0 ( 1 1 ) 37 5 6 9 - 6 
     Volume 19 
     Issue 37 
     Month
     Year of Publication 2011 
     Page 86-97 
     Abstract This study assessed trends in equity of access to reproductive health services and service utilization in terms of coverage of family planning, antenatal care and skilled birth attendance in Thailand. Two health indicators were measured: the prevalence of low birthweight and exclusive breastfeeding. Equity was measured against the combined urban–rural areas and geographic regions, women's education level and quintiles of household assets index. The study used data from two nationally representative household surveys, the 2006 and 2009 Reproductive Health Surveys. Very high coverage of family planning (79.6%), universal antenatal care (98.9%) and skilled birth attendance (99.7%), with very small socioeconomic and geographic disparities, were observed. The public sector played a dominant role in maternity care (90.9% of all deliveries in 2009). The private sector also had a role among the higher educated, wealthier women living in urban areas. Public sector facilities, followed by drug stores, were a major supplier of contraception, which had a high use rate. High coverage and low inequity were the result of extensive investment in the health system by successive governments, in particular primary health care at district and subdistrict levels, reaching universality by 2002. While maintaining these achievements, methodological improvements in measuring low birthweight and exclusive breastfeeding for future reproductive health surveys are recommended. 
     Keyword family planning, antenatal care, skilled attendance at delivery, equity and access, exclusive breastfeeding, low birthweight, reproductive health surveys, Thailand 
Author
527150006-7 Mrs. SURATCHADA CHANASOPON [Main Author]
Pharmaceutical Sciences Doctoral Degree

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