Corrigendum: Social and regional disparities in utilization of maternal and child healthcare services in india: A study of the post-national health mission period(Front. Pediatr., (2022), 10, (895033), 10.3389/fped.2022.895033)

Abstract

In the published article, there was an error in the legend for Figure 4 “Percentage distribution of the type of healthcare facility utilized formaternal and child health (MCH) services in India, 2015–2016” on page 7. The corrected legend appears below. Figure 4. Percentage distribution of utilization of healthcare facilities in India, 2015–16. In the published article, there were typos in the text. Corrections have been made to Results section, Inequalities in Maternal and Child Health Expenditure Burden subsection, page 5 and page 6. The corrected sentences appears below. “. . . Further, intra-state variations occurred in the utilization of healthcare services (Figure 5).” has been corrected to “. . . Further, intra-state variations occurred in the utilization of healthcare services.” “. . . It is evident fromthe figure that there was a high dependence on the private sector for the latest delivery in West Bengal and Tamil Nadu, mainly due to the weak public delivery system” has been removed from the text. “A considerable difference in public–private expenditure was also seen nationally and across the states, especially in the better performing states such as Tamil Nadu andWest Bengal.” has been corrected to “A considerable difference in public–private expenditure was also seen nationally and across the states, Bihar and Tamil Nadu poses the least expenditure in public healthcare whereas West Bengal shows comparatively higher cost for the last birth. On the other hand, in private healthcare the cost was the highest in Tamil Nadu along withWest Bengal, even more than the national level.” A correction has been made to Discussion section, paragraph 2 and paragraph 3, page 7. The term “NRHM” should be changed to “NHM”. The corrected paragraphs appears below.