Women's satisfaction with traditional and reduced antenatal visit schedules

Midwifery

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 120-128

  Clement, Sarah ^c   Sikorski, Jim ^c   Wilson, Jennifer ^c   Das, Sarah ^a   Smeeton, Nigel ^b  

^a National Maternity Records Project   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARITY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; PARITY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0030238579     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0266-6138(96)90055-8     Document Type: Article

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