Cesarean delivery on demand: What will it cost?

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 188, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1418-1423

  Bost, Brent W ^a,b   Magann, Everett F ^b   Olsen, Martin Elmer ^b  

^a LAMAR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cost of care; Elective cesarean delivery; Oxytocin (Pitocin)

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN;

ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRUG COST; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MULTIPARA; NORMAL HUMAN; NULLIPARA; OBSTETRIC CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

EID: 0038338639     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mob.2003.455     Document Type: Article

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