Clinical, provider and sociodemographic determinants of the number of antenatal visits in England and Wales

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 1123-1134

  Petrou, S ^a   Kupek, E ^a   Vause, S ^a   Maresh, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antenatal visits; Clinical characteristics; Independent effects; Poisson regression; Provider characteristics; Sociodemographic characteristics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DELIVERY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INDIA; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNITY WARD; MULTIPARA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PAKISTAN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMOKING; SOCIOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; DEMOGRAPHY; ENGLAND; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MATERNAL AGE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARITY; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY, HIGH-RISK; PRENATAL CARE; REGRESSION (PSYCHOLOGY); WALES;

EID: 0035155697     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(00)00212-4     Document Type: Article

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