Rates of obstetric intervention among low-risk women giving birth in private and public hospitals in NSW: A population-based descriptive study

BMJ Open

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Dahlen, Hannah Grace ^a   Tracy, Sally ^b   Tracy, Mark ^c   Bisits, Andrew ^d   Brown, Chris ^b   Thornton, Charlene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIRTH WEIGHT; CESAREAN SECTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPISIOTOMY; FEMALE; FORCEPS DELIVERY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LABOR INDUCTION; LABOR MANAGEMENT; LOW RISK POPULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL CARE; MULTIPARA; PERINEUM INJURY; PREGNANCY; PRIMIPARA; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; VACUUM EXTRACTION; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

EID: 84869816990     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2012-001723     Document Type: Article

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