Home birth versus hospital birth: Questioning the quality of the evidence on safety

Birth

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 57-63

  Vedam, Saraswathi ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOME DELIVERY; HOSPITALIZATION; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NOTE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT SELECTION; PERINATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY;

DATA COLLECTION; DELIVERY ROOMS; FEMALE; HOME CHILDBIRTH; HUMANS; MIDWIFERY; NURSING RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RESEARCH DESIGN; SAFETY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037335223     PISSN: 07307659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-536X.2003.00218.x     Document Type: Note

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