The impact of obstetric unit closures on maternal and infant pregnancy outcomes

Health Services Research

Volumn 48, Issue 2 PART1, 2013, Pages 455-475

  Lorch, Scott A ^a,b   Srinivas, Sindhu K ^a,c   Ahlberg, Corinne ^b   Small, Dylan S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

bed supply; Neonatal mortality; obstetric unit closures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DELIVERY; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; FETUS OUTCOME; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORTALITY; OBSTETRICS; PERINATAL CARE; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURITY; RESIDENT; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH FACILITY CLOSURE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHILADELPHIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE BIRTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84875054751     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2012.01455.x     Document Type: Article

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