Health service utilisation by pregnant women over a seven-year period

Midwifery

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 474-476

  Sibbritt, David ^a   Adams, Jon ^b   Lui, Chi Wai ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alternative medicine; Complementary medicine; Pregnant women; Risk

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRENATAL CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; COHORT STUDIES; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960375923     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2010.03.005     Document Type: Article

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