Socioeconomic associations of improved maternal, neonatal, and perinatal survival in Qatar

International Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 311-318

  Rahman, Sajjad ^a,b   Salameh, Khalil ^a   Bener, Abdulbari ^a,c   Ansari, Walid El ^d  

^a HAMAD MEDICAL CORPORATION   (Qatar)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Qatar)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health care costs; Maternal; Mortality rate; Neonatal; Perinatal; Qatar

Indexed keywords

SURFACTANT;

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD HEALTH; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MATERNAL CARE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN CARE; PERINATAL CARE; QATAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUBSTITUTION THERAPY; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL RATE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 77956979990     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11791411     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2147/IJWH.S12426     Document Type: Article

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