Health Care Characteristics Associated with Women's Satisfaction with Prenatal Care

Medical Care

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 679-694

  Handler, Arden ^a   Rosenberg, Deborah ^a   Raube, Kristiana ^b   Kelley, Michele A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Univ of Illinois Sch of Pub Hlth ^*

Author keywords

Medicaid; Prenatal care; Satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FEMALE PHYSICIAN; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARITY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT STUDY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANCILLARY SERVICES, HOSPITAL; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; CHICAGO; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARITY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIANS, WOMEN; PILOT PROJECTS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0032067744     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-199805000-00008     Document Type: Article

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