Development of a large-scale obstetric quality-improvement program that focused on the nulliparous patient at term

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 190, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1747-1756

  Main, Elliott K ^a,b   Bloomfield, Lori ^a   Hunt, Gordon ^a  

^a SUTTER HEALTH   (United States)

^b C AND EN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cesarean delivery; Induction; Nulliparity; Perineal laceration; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APGAR SCORE; CESAREAN SECTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DATA ANALYSIS; EPISIOTOMY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LABOR; NULLIPARA; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION;

EID: 3442901380     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2004.02.055     Document Type: Conference Paper

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