Associations of maternal age with maternity care use and birth outcomes in primiparous women: A comparison of results in 1991 and 2008 in Finland

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 356-362

  Klemetti, R ^a   Gissler, M ^a,b   Sainio, S ^c   Hemminki, E ^a,d  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b NORDIC SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Sweden)

^c Finnish Red Cross   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Advanced maternal age; birth outcomes; maternity care use; primiparous women; register study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FINLAND; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTAL DELIVERY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LABOR INDUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL CARE; OBSERVATION UNIT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERINATAL DEATH; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIMIPARA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; YOUNG ADULT; DELIVERY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL CARE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS;

ADULT; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892671616     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.12415     Document Type: Article

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