Prospective study of determinants and costs of home births in Mumbai slums

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Das, Sushmita ^a   Bapat, Ujwala ^a   More, Neena S ^a   Chordhekar, Latika ^a   Joshi, Wasundhara ^a   Osrin, David ^b  

^a Chota Sion Hospital   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOME DELIVERY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INDIA; LABOR; NEWBORN; PARITY; POVERTY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREVALENCE; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; READING; RELIGION; WARD; WATER SUPPLY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; FEE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; STATISTICAL MODEL; URBAN POPULATION;

DECISION MAKING; FEES AND CHARGES; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HOME CHILDBIRTH; HUMANS; INDIA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POVERTY AREAS; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 77956110131     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-10-38     Document Type: Article

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