Neonatal complications in public and private patients: A retrospective cohort study

BMJ Open

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Einarsdóttir, Kristjana ^a   Stock, Sarah ^b   Haggar, Fatima ^c   Hammond, Geoffrey ^a   Langridge, Amanda T ^a   Preen, David B ^c   De Klerk, Nick ^a   Leonard, Helen ^a   Stanley, Fiona J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CESAREAN SECTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; IMMINENT ABORTION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL CARE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; PLACENTA PREVIA; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PROPENSITY SCORE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SOLUTIO PLACENTAE; TERM BIRTH;

EID: 84878427725     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-002786     Document Type: Article

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