Women's choice? The impact of private health insurance on episiotomy rates in Australian hospitals

Midwifery

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 204-212

  Shorten, Allison ^a   Shorten, Brett ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DECISION MAKING; DELIVERY ROOM; ECONOMICS; EPISIOTOMY; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; INJURY; MEDICAL RECORD; NEWBORN; PARITY; PERINATAL CARE; PERINEUM; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

DECISION MAKING; DELIVERY ROOMS; EPISIOTOMY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALS, PRIVATE; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSURANCE, HOSPITALIZATION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MEDICAL RECORDS; NEW SOUTH WALES; PARITY; PERINATAL CARE; PERINEUM; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0034286261     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/midw.2000.0225     Document Type: Article

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