Rural-urban differences in obstetric care, 2002-2010, and implications for the future

Medical Care

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 4-9

  Kozhimannil, Katy B ^a,b   Hung, Peiyin ^a,b   Prasad, Shailendra ^b,c   Casey, Michelle ^a,b   Moscovice, Ira ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

cesarean; labor induction; obstetrics; rural health; urban health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CEPHALOPELVIC DISPROPORTION; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DELIVERY; ECLAMPSIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LABOR INDUCTION; LOW RISK POPULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALPRESENTATION; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL DIABETES MELLITUS; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MEDICAID; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; OBSTETRIC PROCEDURE; PLACENTA DISORDER; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL AREA; RURAL HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; LABOR, INDUCED; OBSTETRICS; PREGNANCY; UNITED STATES; VAGINAL BIRTH AFTER CESAREAN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84890348864     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000000016     Document Type: Article

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