Maternity care in The Netherlands: The changing home birth rate

Birth

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 190-197

  Wiegers, Therese A ^a,c   Van Der Zee, Jouke ^a   Keirse, Marc J N C ^b  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^c NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEALTH SERVICE; HOME DELIVERY; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; NETHERLANDS; NURSE MIDWIFE; OBSTETRICS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PREGNANCY; STATISTICS;

FEMALE; FORECASTING; HOME CHILDBIRTH; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; NETHERLANDS; NURSE MIDWIVES; OBSTETRICS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0032161148     PISSN: 07307659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-536X.1998.00190.x     Document Type: Article

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