Factors related to the high cesarean section rate and their effects on the "Price transparency policy" in Beijing, China

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 212, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 283-298

  Hong, Xie ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

China; Choice of delivery modes; Hospital charge; Non clinically indicated caesarean section (NCS); Price transparency policy

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MATERNAL AGE; PARITY; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PROFIT; TREATMENT INDICATION; URBAN AREA; VAGINAL DELIVERY; WEIGHT GAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; FEE; HOSPITAL; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZATION;

CESAREAN SECTION; CHINA; FEES AND CHARGES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; RANDOM ALLOCATION;

EID: 34548034242     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: 13493329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.212.283     Document Type: Article

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