Induction of labor in the absence of standard medical indications: Incidence and correlates

Medical Care

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 505-512

  Lydon Rochelle, Mona T ^a,b,h   Cárdenas, Vicky ^a   Nelson, Jennifer C ^d,g   Holt, Victoria L ^c,f   Gardella, Carolyn ^e   Easterling, Thomas R ^e  

^a School of Nursing   (United States)

^b Departments of Health Services   (United States)

^c Departments of Epidemiology

^d BP Koirala Institute of Health Science   (Nepal)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^g CENTER FOR HEALTH STUDIES   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cesarean section; Epidemiologic factors; Induced labor; Labor complication; Medical record

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DOCUMENTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABOR INDUCTION; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; DOCUMENTATION; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LABOR, INDUCED; LOGISTIC MODELS; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORDS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RISK FACTORS; WASHINGTON;

EID: 34249022606     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e3180330e26     Document Type: Article

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