Access to level III perinatal care for pregnancies of very short duration (<32 weeks)

Journal of Perinatal Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 236-243

  Di Napoli, Anteo ^a,f   Di Lallo, Domenico ^a   Franco, Francesco ^a   Scapillati, Maria Eleonora ^b   Zocchetti, Carlo ^c   Agostino, Rocco ^d   Orzalesi, Marcello ^e  

^a Agency for Public Health   (Italy)

^b FATEBENEFRATELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c Regional Health Authority of Lombardia   (Italy)

^d SAN GIOVANNI CALIBITA FATEBENEFRATELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^f Public Health Agency of Lazio Region   (Italy)

Author keywords

Access to perinatal care; Appropriateness; Perinatal level unit; Perinatal transfer; Very preterm pregnancies

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FETUS WASTAGE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; INDUCED ABORTION; ITALY; LIVE BIRTH; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; REGIONALIZATION; FETUS DEATH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; INCIDENCE; MALE; NEWBORN; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREMATURE BIRTH; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; THERAPEUTIC ABORTION;

ABORTION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; ITALY; MALE; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 63849141632     PISSN: 03005577     EISSN: 16193997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPM.2009.049     Document Type: Article

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