Birth Outcomes Among Older Mothers in Rural Versus Urban Areas: A Residence-Based Approach

Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 211-219

  Lisonkova, Sarka ^a,b   Sheps, Samuel B ^a   Janssen, Patricia A ^a,b   Lee, Shoo K ^c   Dahlgren, Leanne ^a   Macnab, Ying C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Access to care; Birth outcomes; Epidemiology; Rural; Utilization of health services

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MOTHER; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; BRITISH COLUMBIA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MOTHERS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 79953286638     PISSN: 0890765X     EISSN: 17480361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-0361.2010.00332.x     Document Type: Article

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