Distribution of maternity units and spatial access to specialised care for women delivering before 32 weeks of gestation in Europe

Health and Place

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 531-538

  Pilkington, Hugo ^a,b   Blondel, Béatrice ^a   Papiernik, Emile ^c   Cuttini, Marina ^d   Charreire, Hélène ^e   Maier, Rolf F ^f   Petrou, Stavros ^g   Combier, Evelyne ^h   Künzel, Wolfgang ⁱ   Bréart, Gérard ^a   Zeitlin, Jennifer ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 8   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^d BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e CNRS   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MARBURG   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GIESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Distance; Europe; Health services accessibility; Hospital planning; Perinatal care

Indexed keywords

HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH STATUS; MATERNAL HEALTH; PREGNANCY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DEMOGRAPHY; DENMARK; EUROPE; FEMALE; FRANCE; GERMANY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNITY WARD; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NETHERLANDS; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PERINATAL CARE; POLAND; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EUROPE;

EID: 77649339852     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2009.12.011     Document Type: Article

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