Barriers to health care and protocol-based treatment of ectopic pregnancy

Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 8-12

  Lewis, Cindi ^a,b   Martinez, Carla ^a   Rogers, Rebecca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b MSC 10 5580 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Access to health care; Ectopic pregnancy; Treatment protocols

Indexed keywords

METHOTREXATE;

ADULT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH INSURANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SOCIAL SECURITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABORTIFACIENT AGENTS, NONSTEROIDAL; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; METHOTREXATE; NEW MEXICO; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ECTOPIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 12344274097     PISSN: 00247758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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