Paradoxical trends and racial differences in obstetric quality and neonatal and maternal mortality

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 121, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1201-1208

  Howell, Elizabeth A ^a   Zeitlin, Jennifer ^b   Hebert, Paul ^b   Balbierz, Amy ^b   Egorova, Natalia ^b  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; BIRTH INJURY; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMORBIDITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; OBSTETRIC PROCEDURE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL MORTALITY; OBSTETRICS; PATIENT SAFETY; PREGNANCY; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84879104644     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e3182932238     Document Type: Conference Paper

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