Home birth or short-stay hospital birth in a low risk population in the Netherlands

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1505-1511

  Wiegers, T A ^a   Van Der Zee, J ^a   Kerssens, J J ^a   Keirse, M J N C ^b  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Home birth; Maternity care; Netherlands

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILDBIRTH; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOME DELIVERY; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LABOR COMPLICATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MATERNAL CARE; NETHERLANDS; PAIN; PREGNANCY; SOCIAL ASPECT; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOME CHILDBIRTH; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; NETHERLANDS; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0031749932     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(98)00021-5     Document Type: Article

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