Relationship Between Malpractice Claims and Cesarean Delivery

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 269, Issue 3, 1993, Pages 366-373

  Localio, A Russell ^a   Lawthers, Ann G ^b   Bengtson, Joan M ^c   Hebert, Liesi E ^d   Weaver, Susan L ^a   Brennan, Troyen A ^c   Landis, J Richard ^a  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LAW SUIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALPRACTICE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS;

CESAREAN SECTION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALPRACTICE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEW YORK; OBSTETRICS; OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; ODDS RATIO; PHYSICIANS; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0027448307     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1993.03500030064034     Document Type: Article

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