Prenatal care demand and its effects on birth outcomes by birth defect status in Argentina

Economics and Human Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 84-95

  Wehby, George L ^a   Murray, Jeffrey C ^b   Castilla, Eduardo E ^c   Lopez Camelo, Jorge S ^d   Ohsfeldt, Robert L ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c CEMIC   (Argentina)

^d Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biologia Celular   (Argentina)

^e TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Argentina; Birth outcomes; Conditional maximum likelihood; Health production; Low birth weight; Prenatal care; Preterm birth; South America

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; CHILD HEALTH; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; INFANT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MATERNAL WELFARE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; POLYDACTYLY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL CARE; REGISTER; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STILLBIRTH; TRISOMY 21; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ADULT; ARGENTINA; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 63249100562     PISSN: 1570677X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2008.10.001     Document Type: Article

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