Births attended by skilled health personnel: inequality by wealth quintile
Situation
The median coverage in the poorest quintiles of study countries is about half the median coverage in the richest quintiles (46.5% and 95.1%, respectively)
Trends
Between 1996-2000 and 2006-2010, the median coverage within the poorest quintiles of study countries increased from 23.2% to 45.9%; the median coverage within the richest quintiles increased from 89.2% to 95.3%