Practice variation, bias, and experiential learning in cesarean delivery: A data-based system dynamics approach

Health Services Research

Volumn 48, Issue 2 PART2, 2013, Pages 713-734

  Ghaffarzadegan, Navid ^a   Epstein, Andrew J ^b   Martin, Erika G ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Cesarean delivery; experiential learning; practice variation; simulation; system dynamics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CONGENITAL DISORDER; DELIVERY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LABOR; LEARNING; MACROSOMIA; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PREMATURE LABOR; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CESAREAN SECTION; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OBSTETRICS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875055113     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.12040     Document Type: Article

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