Costs of vaginal delivery and Caesarean section at a tertiary level public hospital in Islamabad, Pakistan

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Khan, Attia ^a   Zaman, Shakila ^a,b  

^a HEALTH SERVICES ACADEMY   (Pakistan)

^b Institute of Public Health   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL COST; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNITY WARD; METHODOLOGY; PAKISTAN; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; VAGINAL DELIVERY; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DELIVERY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 77249147516     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-10-2     Document Type: Article

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