Impact of maternity unit closures on access to obstetrical care: The French experience between 1998 and 2003

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1521-1529

  Pilkington, Hugo ^a   Blondel, Béatrice ^a   Carayol, Marion ^a   Breart, Gérard ^a   Zeitlin, Jennifer ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

France; Health service accessibility; Hospital planning; Hospitals; Maternity unit; Medically underserved area; Perinatal care

Indexed keywords

HEALTH SERVICES; HOSPITAL SECTOR; PREGNANCY; RURAL AREA; TRAVEL TIME; URBAN REGION;

ARTICLE; BIRTH; DELIVERY; FRANCE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNITY WARD; OBSTETRIC CARE; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREGNANT WOMAN; REGISTER; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA;

FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; PREGNANCY; RURAL POPULATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 53149124358     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.07.021     Document Type: Article

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