Prenatal care and infant emergency department use

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 156-159

  Donovan, Edward F ^a,b   Perlstein, Paul H ^a   Atherton, Harry D ^a   Kotagal, Uma R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency department use; Infant; Prenatal care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAID; PRENATAL CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; COHORT STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT CARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MATERNAL AGE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PRENATAL CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0034126685     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006565-200006000-00004     Document Type: Article

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