Factors associated with tocolytic hospitalizations in Taiwan: Evidence from a population-based and longitudinal study from 1997 to 2004

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Ma, Ke Zong M ^a   Norton, Edward C ^b   Tsai, Eing Mei ^a,c   Lee, Shoou Yih D ^d  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BED; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE; PHYSICIAN; POLICY; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; REIMBURSEMENT; TAIWAN; TOCOLYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; PREMATURE LABOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

UTERUS SPASMOLYTIC AGENT;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MEDICAL RECORDS; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PATIENT ADMISSION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TAIWAN; TOCOLYSIS; TOCOLYTIC AGENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 74549152619     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-9-59     Document Type: Article

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