The methodological challenges of attempting to compare the safety of home and hospital birth in terms of the risk of perinatal death

Midwifery

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 619-626

  Nove, Andrea ^a   Berrington, Ann ^a   Matthews, Zoë ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Home childbirth; Perinatal mortality; Research design

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DELIVERY; DELIVERY ROOM; FEMALE; HOME DELIVERY; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; LABOR COMPLICATION; MALE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PERINATAL CARE; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTOR; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

DELIVERY ROOMS; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HOME CHILDBIRTH; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PATIENT SAFETY; PERINATAL CARE; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84867397979     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2012.07.009     Document Type: Article

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