Does antenatal care facilitate utilization of emergency obstetric care? A case-referent study of near-miss morbidity in Bolivia

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 335-342

  Rööst, Mattias ^a   Altamirano, Víctor Conde ^b   Liljestrand, Jerker ^c   Essén, Birgitta ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Antenatal care; Near miss morbidity; Socio demographic differentials

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BOLIVIA; CHILDBIRTH; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; BOLIVIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 77749274260     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00016340903511050     Document Type: Article

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