Delivering babies in a time of transition in Tula, Russia

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 195-205

  Danishevski, Kirill ^a,b   Balabanova, Dina ^b   Mckee, Martin ^b,c,d   Parkhurst, Justin ^b,e,f  

^a I M SECHENOV FIRST MOSCOW STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c School's European Centre on Health of Societies in Transition

^d EUROPEAN OBSERVATORY ON HEALTH SYSTEMS AND POLICIES   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Maternal health services; Physician's practice patterns; Practice guidelines; Russia

Indexed keywords

AMNIOCENTESIS; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DELIVERY; EPISIOTOMY; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MATERNAL WELFARE; MATERNITY WARD; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADULT; BIRTH RATE; DATABASES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, MATERNITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PREGNANCY; RUSSIA;

EID: 33646808977     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: 14602237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czl001     Document Type: Article

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