The Impact of SLHS program on perinatal indicators

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1158-1165

  Cooper, Benjamin P ^a   Scharff, Darcell P ^b   Elliott, Michael ^b   Rotter, Beth ^b,c  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Barnes Jewish College   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth outcomes; Healthy Start; Propensity score matching

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL CARE; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PROPENSITY SCORE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL CARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION; ARTICLE; METHODOLOGY; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTHY PEOPLE PROGRAMS; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MISSOURI; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE BIRTH; PRENATAL CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PROPENSITY SCORE; PUBLIC ASSISTANCE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84880511768     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-012-1101-0     Document Type: Article

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