Comparison of maternal and neonatal outcomes of group versus individual prenatal care: A new experience in Iran

Health Care for Women International

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 571-584

  Jafari, Fatemeh ^a   Eftekhar, Hasan ^a   Fotouhi, Akbar ^a   Mohammad, Kazem ^a   Hantoushzadeh, Sedigheh ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; COMMUNITY CARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFANT WELFARE; IRAN; MATERNAL WELFARE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRENATAL CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT CARE; INFANT WELFARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; IRAN; MATERNAL WELFARE; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL CARE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 77953411738     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: 10964665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07399331003646323     Document Type: Article

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