A national estimate of the elective primary cesarean delivery rate

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 751-756

  Meikle, Susan F ^a   Steiner, Claudia A ^b   Zhang, Jun ^b   Lawrence, William L ^b  

^a AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTEPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FETUS HEART RATE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HERPES; HUMAN; LABOR; MACROSOMIA; MALPRESENTATION; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE DISEASE;

ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 15944385666     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.AOG.0000157435.67138.78     Document Type: Article

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