Costs of NHS maternity care for women with multiple pregnancy compared with high-risk and low-risk singleton pregnancy

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 114, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1104-1112

  Mistry, H ^a   Dowie, R ^a   Young, T A ^b   Gardiner, H M ^c  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Costs and cost analysis; Delivery; Multiple; Obstetric; Pregnancy; Pregnancy in diabetes; Prenatal care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILD HEALTH; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DOWN SYNDROME; EPILEPSY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL CARE; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; OBSTETRIC CARE; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RISK FACTOR; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

CESAREAN SECTION; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DOWN SYNDROME; ENGLAND; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEALTH RESOURCES; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN DIABETICS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY, HIGH-RISK; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; PRENATAL CARE; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 34547829470     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2007.01458.x     Document Type: Article

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