Cost-effectiveness of a delayed pushing policy for patients with epidural anesthesia

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 182, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1158-1164

  Petrou, Stavros ^a   Coyle, Douglas ^b   Fraser, William D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness; Delayed pushing; Epidural anesthesia; Resource use

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PATHWAY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LABOR COMPLICATION; NORMAL HUMAN; NULLIPARA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT PLANNING; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

EID: 0034078274     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mob.2000.104213     Document Type: Article

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