The economic costs of alternative modes of delivery during the first two months postpartum: Results from a Scottish observational study

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 214-217

  Petrou, Stavros ^a   Glazener, Cathryn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTAL DELIVERY; MIDWIFE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED KINGDOM; VAGINAL DELIVERY; DELIVERY; ECONOMICS; FORCEPS DELIVERY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL COST; METHODOLOGY; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY;

CESAREAN SECTION; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; EXTRACTION, OBSTETRICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, MATERNITY; HUMANS; MIDWIFERY; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; SCOTLAND;

EID: 0036481835     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2002.01032.x     Document Type: Article

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