Pregnancy outcomes among native and foreign-born women in Taiwan: Maternal health utilization

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1505-1512

  Chou, Yun An ^a   Chou, Yiing Jenq ^a   Lee, Cheng Hua ^a,b   Huang, Nicole ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Bureau of National Health Insurance Taiwan   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DELIVERY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL CARE; NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; TAIWAN;

ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TAIWAN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 56249122586     PISSN: 15409996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2007.0714     Document Type: Article

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