The Impact of Legislatively Imposed Practice Guidelines on Cesarean Section Rates: The Florida Experience

American Journal of Medical Quality

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 62-68

  Studnicki, James ^a   Remmel, Randall ^a   Campbell, Robert ^a   Werner, Dennis C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MASS COMMUNICATION; OBSTETRICS; PEER REVIEW; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CERTIFICATION; CESAREAN SECTION; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HUMANS; OBSTETRICS; PEER REVIEW, HEALTH CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PREGNANCY; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0031092938     PISSN: 10628606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0885713X9701200111     Document Type: Article

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