The effectiveness and costs of elective cesarean delivery for fetal macrosomia diagnosed by ultrasound

JAMA

Volumn 276, Issue 18, 1996, Pages 1480-1486

  Rouse, Dwight J ^a,b   Owen, John ^a   Goldenberg, Robert L ^a   Cliver, Suzanne P ^a  

^a Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS OUTCOME; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MACROSOMIA; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0029859887     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.276.18.1480     Document Type: Article

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