Social and health system factors associated with maternal mortality in Eastern and Western China: Population health estimates using provincial-level data
Coverage of maternal care, health financing, and urbanization were the factors associated with the substantial reduction in maternal deaths in Eastern and Western China during 2004-2020. The improvement of the quantity and quality of antenatal care and hospital delivery may be a viable policy priority in less developed regions worldwide.
Authors
- Xiaojing Zeng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8564-3539)
- Dongjian Yang
- Xiaolin Hua (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1098-5010)
- Jun Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1706-1611)
- Shiyang Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2675-0419)
- Zhiwei Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4926-1319)
- Yanlin Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0995-2393)
Institutions
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University (CN)
- XinHua Hospital (CN)
- International Peace Maternity & Child Health Hospital (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS Medicine
- Published
- 2025-12-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1004837
- Primary Topic
- Global Maternal and Child Health
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00