Descriptive analysis of childbirth healthcare costs in an area with high levels of immigration in Spain

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Comas, Mercè ^a,c   Catal, Laura ^a,b   Sala, Maria ^a,c,e   Pay, Antoni ^a,e   Sala, Assumpciá ^a   Del Amo, Elisabeth ^a   Castells, Xavier ^a,c,e   Cots, Francesc ^a,c,d  

^a HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^c AGÈNCIA DE SALUT PÚBLICA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITAT OBERTA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DELIVERY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MIGRATION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPAIN; STATISTICS; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; PARTURITION; PATIENT ADMISSION; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPAIN;

EID: 79955125687     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-11-77     Document Type: Article

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