State regulation, payment policies, and nurse-midwife services

Health Affairs

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 190-200

  Declercq, Eugene R ^a   Paine, Lisa L ^b   Simmes, Diana R ^a   Dejoseph, Jeanne F ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MATERNAL CARE; NEWBORN; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; NURSE MIDWIFE; PREGNANCY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; REIMBURSEMENT; UNITED STATES;

FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL-CHILD NURSING; NURSE MIDWIVES; PREGNANCY; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS; STATE GOVERNMENT; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032016270     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.17.2.190     Document Type: Article

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