Outcomes for births booked under an independent midwife and births in NHS maternity units: Matched comparison study

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 338, Issue 7709, 2009, Pages 1485-

  Symon, Andrew ^a   Winter, Clare ^a   Inkster, Melanie ^a   Donnan, Peter T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPLANATORY VARIABLE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOME DELIVERY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT FEEDING; LABOR ONSET; LIVE BIRTH; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNITY WARD; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDWIFE; MOTHER; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NEWBORN DEATH; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERINATAL DEATH; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PERINEUM INJURY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; STILLBIRTH; TWIN PREGNANCY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HOME CHILDBIRTH; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, MATERNITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; MIDWIFERY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SCOTLAND; STATE MEDICINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650074171     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.b2060     Document Type: Article

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