Racial disparities in term induction of labor rates in Illinois

Medical Care

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 900-904

  Murthy, Karna ^a,b   Grobman, William A ^a   Lee, Todd A ^a   Holl, Jane L ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Induction of labor; Racial disparity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; HEALTH STATISTICS; HUMAN; MALPRACTICE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANCY; RACISM; ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HISPANIC; HOSPITAL CHARGE; INSURANCE; LABOR INDUCTION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HOSPITAL CHARGES; HUMANS; ILLINOIS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSURANCE COVERAGE; LABOR, INDUCED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 50949121468     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e31817924f9     Document Type: Article

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