Association between physicians' experience after training and maternal obstetrical outcomes: Cohort study

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 346, Issue 7905, 2013, Pages

  Epstein, Andrew J ^a,b,c   Srinivas, Sindhu K ^c,d   Nicholson, Sean ^e   Herrin, Jeph ^f,g   Asch, David A ^a,b,c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e Yale University ^*  (United States)

^f YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g Health Research and Educational Trust   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COHORT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; OBSTETRICIAN; OBSTETRICS; PHYSICIAN; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES; VAGINAL DELIVERY; WORK EXPERIENCE;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HUMANS; NEW YORK; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84877593203     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.f1596     Document Type: Article

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