Evaluating the social and economic impact of community-based prenatal care

Public Health Nursing

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 329-336

  Cramer, Mary E ^a,b   Chen, Li Wu ^c   Roberts, Sara ^c   Clute, Dorothea ^b  

^a NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Community based nursing; Outcomes; Prenatal care; Program evaluation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE MANAGEMENT; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MINORITY GROUP; NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

CASE MANAGEMENT; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MINORITY GROUPS; NEBRASKA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

EID: 34249907568     PISSN: 07371209     EISSN: 15251446     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1446.2007.00641.x     Document Type: Article

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