Severe adverse maternal outcomes among low risk women with planned home versus hospital births in the Netherlands: Nationwide cohort study

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 346, Issue 7914, 2013, Pages

  De Jonge, Ank ^a   Mesman, Jeanette A J M ^b   Manniën, Judith ^a   Zwart, Joost J ^c   Van Dillen, Jeroen ^d   Van Roosmalen, Jos ^b,e  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c DEVENTER HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; FEMALE; HOME DELIVERY; HOSPITAL DELIVERY; HUMAN; LOW RISK POPULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANUAL PLACENTAL DELIVERY; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; NETHERLANDS; NULLIPARA; PARITY; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION;

COHORT STUDIES; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HOME CHILDBIRTH; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84879734594     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.f3263     Document Type: Article

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