Travel time from home to hospital and adverse perinatal outcomes in women at term in the Netherlands

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 457-465

  Ravelli, A C J ^a   Jager, K J ^a   De Groot, M H ^a   Erwich, J J H M ^b   Rijninks Van Driel, G C ^c   Tromp, M ^a   Eskes, M ^a   Abu Hanna, A ^a   Mol, B W J ^c  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c Medical Centre   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Access to care; ethnicity; gestational age; health facilities; perinatal mortality; rural

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; CAR; DELIVERY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE; HOME; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LABOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; NETHERLANDS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN ASSESSMENT; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PARITY; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL HOME; SOCIAL STATUS; TERM BIRTH; TIME; TRAVEL; URBANIZATION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; TERM BIRTH; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS;

EID: 79951533111     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2010.02816.x     Document Type: Article

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