Perinatal mortality rate in the Netherlands compared to other European countries: A secondary analysis of Euro-PERISTAT data

Midwifery

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1011-1018

  de Jonge, Ank ^a   Baron, Ruth ^a   Westerneng, Myrte ^a   Twisk, Jos ^b   Hutton, Eileen K ^a,c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Home birth; Midwifery; Perinatal mortality; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH; EUROPE; FEMALE; HOME DELIVERY; HUMAN; MIDWIFE; NETHERLANDS; NEWBORN; PERINATAL CARE; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REGISTER; STATISTICAL MODEL;

HOME BIRTH; MIDWIFERY; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDWIFERY; NETHERLANDS; PARTURITION; PERINATAL CARE; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; REGISTRIES;

EID: 84880036913     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2013.02.005     Document Type: Article

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