Lawsuit activity, defensive medicine, and small area variation: The case of cesarean sections revisited

Health Economics, Policy and Law

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 285-296

  Brown III, H Shelton ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALPRACTICE; PREGNANCY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; DATABASES AS TOPIC; DEFENSIVE MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALPRACTICE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PREGNANCY; SMALL-AREA ANALYSIS; TEXAS;

EID: 49249134950     PISSN: 17441331     EISSN: 1744134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1744133107004136     Document Type: Article

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