Transfer rates from freestanding birth centers a comparison with the national birth center study

Journal of Nurse-Midwifery

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 9-16

  Fullerton, Judith T ^a   Jackson, Debra ^a,b   Snell, B J ^c,g   Besser, Mitchell ^a,d   Dickinson, Cynthia ^e   Garite, Thomas ^f  

^a Health Science Center ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c American College of Nurse Midwives   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e Nurse Midwifery Services and Education

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LABOR COMPLICATION; MATERNITY WARD; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

BIRTHING CENTERS; CALIFORNIA; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PATIENT TRANSFER; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0030638728     PISSN: 00912182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-2182(96)00104-8     Document Type: Article

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