Publicly funded homebirth in australia: A review of maternal and neonatal outcomes over 6 years

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 198, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 616-620

  Catling Paull, Christine ^a   Coddington, Rebecca L ^a   Foureur, Maralyn J ^a   Homer, Caroline S E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIRTH WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; FETUS MALFORMATION; FUNDING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOME DELIVERY; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT WELFARE; LABOR COMPLICATION; LABOR ONSET; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MATERNAL WELFARE; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DEATH; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PERINEUM INJURY; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STILLBIRTH; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADULT; APGAR SCORE; AUSTRALIA; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; HOME CHILDBIRTH; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84879162793     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/mja12.11665     Document Type: Article

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