Private health care coverage and increased risk of obstetric intervention

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Lutomski, Jennifer E ^a,b   Murphy, Michael ^a   Devane, Declan ^c   Meaney, Sarah ^a   Greene, Richard A ^a  

^a Irish Centre for Fetal and Neonatal Translational Research   (Ireland)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Caesarean section; Episiotomy; Induction of labour; Obstetric forceps; Pregnancy; Vacuum extraction

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN; PROSTAGLANDIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILDBIRTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; EPISIOTOMY; FEMALE; FORCEPS DELIVERY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IRELAND; LABOR INDUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL CARE; OBSTETRICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; VAGINAL DELIVERY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; EMERGENCIES; EPISIOTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; IRELAND; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; VACUUM EXTRACTION, OBSTETRICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892384933     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-14-13     Document Type: Article

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