Personal costs associated with high-risk prenatal care attendance

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 222-235

  Stringer, Marilyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attendance; Direct costs; High risk pregnancy; Opportunity costs; Personal costs; Prenatal care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; REVIEW; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; COST OF ILLNESS; DIRECT SERVICE COSTS; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, HIGH-RISK; PRENATAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032130576     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2010.0248     Document Type: Article

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