Transfers in planned home births related to midwife availability and continuity: A nationwide population-based study

Birth

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 9-15

  Lindgren, Helena E ^a,b   Hildingsson, Ingegerd M ^a,c   Christensson, Kyllike ^a,b   Rådestad, Ingela J ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b MÄLARDALEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Midwifery; Planned home birth; Referral; Transfer

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOME DELIVERY; HUMAN; LABOR ONSET; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDWIFE; MULTIPARA; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PLANNING; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIMIPARA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SWEDEN;

FEMALE; HOME CHILDBIRTH; HUMANS; MIDWIFERY; PARITY; PATIENT TRANSFER; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 40149090684     PISSN: 07307659     EISSN: 1523536X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-536X.2007.00206.x     Document Type: Article

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