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Why caesarean is more unequally concentrated among better-off people in Tehran? A concentration index decomposition approach

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  • Reza Omani-Samani Departmentof Epidemiology and Reproductive Health, Reproductive Epidemiology Research Center, Royan Institute for Reproductive Biomedicine, ACECR, Tehran, Iran PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Amir Almasi-Hashiani Department of Epidemiology, School of Health, Arak University of Medical Sciences, Arak, Iran PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Saeid Safiri Managerial Epidemiology Research Center, Department of Public Health, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Maragheh University of Medical Sciences, Maragheh, Iran PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Mahroo Rezaeinejad Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Imam Khomeini Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Fatemeh Shokri Department of Health Education and Promotion, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Esmaeil Khedmati Morasae National Institute for Health Research Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care, North West Coast (NIHR CLAHRC NWC), Institute of Psychology, Health and Society, Health Services Research Department, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Saman Maroufizadeh Department of Epidemiology and Reproductive Health, Reproductive Epidemiology Research Center, Royan Institute for Reproductive Biomedicine, ACECR, Tehran, Iran PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Mahdi Sepidarkish Department of Epidemiology and Reproductive Health, Reproductive Epidemiology Research Center, Royan Institute for Reproductive Biomedicine, ACECR, Tehran, Iran PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Dr Mahdi Sepidarkish, Department of Epidemiology and Reproductive Health, Reproductive Epidemiology Research Center, Royan Institute for Reproductive Biomedicine, ACECR, Tehran, Iran; mahdi.sepidarkish{at}gmail.com
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Omani-Samani R, Almasi-Hashiani A, Safiri S, et al
Why caesarean is more unequally concentrated among better-off people in Tehran? A concentration index decomposition approach
J Epidemiol Community Health 2019;73:182-187.

Publication history

  • Received January 2, 2018
  • Revised June 14, 2018
  • Accepted October 28, 2018
  • First published November 15, 2018.
Online issue publication 
January 10, 2019

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