Practice variation in late-preterm deliveries: A physician survey

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 347-351

  Aliaga, S ^a   Price, W ^a   McCaffrey, M ^a   Ivester, T ^a   Boggess, K ^a   Tolleson Rinehart, S ^a  

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

Author keywords

Late preterm birth; practice variation; variation preterm birth

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; DELIVERY; FETAL GROWTH RESTRICTION; FETUS DISEASE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GYNECOLOGIST; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; LATE PRETERM BIRTH; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OBSTETRIC PROCEDURE; OBSTETRICS; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PLACENTA PREVIA; PREECLAMPSIA; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURE LABOR;

CHORIOAMNIONITIS; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; FETAL MEMBRANES, PREMATURE RUPTURE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; NEONATOLOGY; NORTH CAROLINA; OBSTETRICS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PLACENTA PREVIA; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREMATURE BIRTH;

EID: 84877576196     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: 14765543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jp.2012.119     Document Type: Article

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