Home birth and short-stay delivery: Lessons in health care financing for providers of health care for women

Journal of Nurse-Midwifery

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 489-498

  Germano, Elaine ^a   Bernstein, Judith ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST CONTROL; DELIVERY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HISTORY; HOME DELIVERY; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; PREGNANCY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

COST CONTROL; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HOME CHILDBIRTH; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; PREGNANCY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031266990     PISSN: 00912182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-2182(97)00080-3     Document Type: Article

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