Maternal complications of normal deliveries: Variation among rural hospitals

Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 139-147

  Heaphy, P E ^a   Bernard, S L ^a  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL BED; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; OBSTETRICS; PERFORMANCE; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

EID: 0033883221     PISSN: 0890765X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-0361.2000.tb00447.x     Document Type: Article

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