Cost Analysis of the Dutch Obstetric System: Low-risk nulliparous women preferring home or short-stay hospital birth - A prospective non-randomised controlled study

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Hendrix, Marijke Jc ^a   Evers, Silvia Maa ^d   Basten, Marloes Cm ^c   Nijhuis, Jan G ^a   Severens, Johan L ^b,d  

^a GROW   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH CERTIFICATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOME DELIVERY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MATERNAL CARE; NETHERLANDS; NULLIPARA; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUERPERIUM; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST; DELIVERY; DENMARK; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE COST; LENGTH OF STAY; METHODOLOGY; MIDWIFE; STATISTICS;

COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; DENMARK; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOME CHILDBIRTH; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDWIFERY; PREGNANCY;

EID: 72349094311     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-9-211     Document Type: Article

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