title: An illustration of the "inverse care law": A commentary on giving birth in Canada: providers of maternity and infant care.
abstract: The recent Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) report Giving Birth in Canada: Providers of Maternity and Infant Care highlights the limited availability of obstetrical resources. The efficient allocation of these resources is likely to disadvantage the rural and remote areas of Canada, where individual need may be greatest. This situation is a contemporary illustration of the "inverse care law" described by Julian Tudor Hart in 1971.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Community Health Sciences and Family Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.
authors.forename: Sue
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ross
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D005260:Female; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006801:Humans; D007224:Infant Care; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009774:Obstetrics; D011156:Population Density; D011247:Pregnancy; D012424:Rural Population