Cost-effectiveness and patient satisfaction with pregnancy day care for hypertensive disorders of pregnancy

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 207-212

  Dunlop, Lisa ^a   Umstad, Mark ^a   McGrath, Gabrielle ^a   Reidy, Karen ^a   Brennecke, Shaun ^b  

^a ROYAL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Day care; Hypertension; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CALCULATION; CASE MIX; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DAY CARE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERINATAL CARE; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ADULT; DAY CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR;

EID: 0038150755     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0004-8666.2003.00061.x     Document Type: Article

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