The impact of hospital revenue on the increase in Caesarean sections in Norway. A panel data analysis of hospitals 1976-2005

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Grytten, Jostein ^a,c   Monkerud, Lars ^b,c   Hagen, Terje P ^a   Sørensen, Rune ^b   Eskild, Anne ^a,c   Skau, Irene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b BI NORWEGIAN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Norway)

^c AKERSHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH CERTIFICATE; CESAREAN SECTION; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; NORWAY; PREGNANCY; REGISTER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS;

BIRTH CERTIFICATES; CESAREAN SECTION; ECONOMICS, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; NORWAY; PREGNANCY; REGISTRIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 80053904529     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-11-267     Document Type: Review

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