Preferred spoken language mediates differences in neuraxial labor analgesia utilization among racial and ethnic groups

International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 161-167

  Caballero, J A ^a   Butwick, A J ^a   Carvalho, B ^a   Riley, E T ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Disparities; Ethnicity; Labor analgesia; Neuraxial analgesia; Race; Utilization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANCESTRY GROUP; ARTICLE; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MULTIPARA; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; RACISM; VAGINAL DELIVERY; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ASIAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; DELIVERY; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PREGNANCY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANALGESIA, OBSTETRICAL; ASIAN AMERICANS; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84899543557     PISSN: 0959289X     EISSN: 15323374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijoa.2013.09.001     Document Type: Article

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