Regional variation in late preterm births in North Carolina

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 33-41

  Aliaga, Sofia R ^a   Smith, P Brian ^b   Price, Wayne A ^a   Ivester, Thomas S ^a   Boggess, Kim ^a   Tolleson Rinehart, Sue ^b   McCaffrey, Martin J ^b   Laughon, Matthew M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Late preterm; Practice variation; Preterm birth; Unwarranted variation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL CARE; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORTH CAROLINA; ODDS RATIO; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; PRENATAL CARE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84873412391     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-012-0945-7     Document Type: Article

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