Magnitude of income-related disparities in adverse perinatal outcomes

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Shankardass, Ketan ^a,b   O'Campo, Patricia ^b   Dodds, Linda ^c   Fahey, John ^d   Joseph, KS ^e   Morinis, Julia ^b,f   Allen, Victoria M ^c  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d Reproductive Care Program of Nova Scotia   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^f HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Health inequalities; Income; Neighborhood; Perinatal; Socioeconomic position

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGE; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BODY WEIGHT; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; INCOME; LARGE FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; NEIGHBORHOOD; PARITY; PERINATAL DEATH; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREMATURE LABOR; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMIC POSITION; TAX; CANADA; CESAREAN SECTION; DATA BASE; FAMILY SIZE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; INFANT; LIVE BIRTH; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL SMOKING; NEWBORN DEATH; NEWBORN MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINGLE PARENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; YOUNG ADULT;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INCOME; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; NOVA SCOTIA; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84899494321     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-14-96     Document Type: Article

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