Recommendations for routine reporting on indications for cesarean delivery in developing countries

Birth

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 204-211

  Stanton, Cynthia ^a,c   Ronsmans, Carine ^b   Bailey, Patricia ^d   Belizán, Jose ^e   Buekens, Pierre ^f   Chen, Qian ^g   Cisse, Cheikh T ^h   Creanga, Andrea A ^a   De Bernis, Luc ⁱ   Dubourg, Dominique ^j   Farrell, El Marie ^k   Holtz, Sara A ^a   Lippeveld, Theo ^l   Moran, Allisyn ^m   Shaw, Dorothy ⁿ   Thach, Tran Son ^o   Thomas, Jane ^p   Wright, Linda L ^q  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c Family Health International ^*  (United States)

^d FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^e INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS AND HEALTH POLICY   (Argentina)

^f TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^h UNIVERSITÉ CHEIKH ANTA DIOP   (Senegal)

ⁱ United Funds for Population   (Ethiopia)

^j INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^k UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^l JOHN SNOW INC   (United States)

^m INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^o Hung Vuong Hospital   (Viet Nam)

^p ROYAL COLLEGE OF OBSTETRICIANS AND GYNAECOLOGISTS   (United Kingdom)

^q EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

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Author keywords

Cesarean; Classification; Routine health information system

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

BREECH PRESENTATION; CESAREAN SECTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DYSTOCIA; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; FETAL DISTRESS; HUMANS; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PREGNANCY; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); UTERINE HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 50049103897     PISSN: 07307659     EISSN: 1523536X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-536X.2008.00241.x     Document Type: Article

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