Costs of unnecessary admissions and treatments for "threatened preterm labor"

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 209, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 217.e1-217.e3

  Lucovnik, Miha ^a   Chambliss, Linda R ^a   Garfield, Robert E ^a,b  

^a ST JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

cervical length; costs; preterm birth

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CERVICAL LENGTH MEASUREMENT; CHILD CARE; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LABOR INDUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL FEE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84883151473     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: 10976868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2013.06.046     Document Type: Conference Paper

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