Birthplace in New South Wales, Australia: An analysis of perinatal outcomes using routinely collected data

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Homer, Caroline S E ^a   Thornton, Charlene ^b   Scarf, Vanessa L ^a   Ellwood, David A ^c   Oats, Jeremy J N ^d   Foureur, Maralyn J ^a   Sibbritt, David ^a   McLachlan, Helen L ^e   Forster, Della A ^e   Dahlen, Hannah G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d Consultative Council on Obstetric and Paediatric Mortality and Morbidity ^*  (Australia)

^e LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Birth centre; Birthplace; Homebirth; Maternity; Perinatal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIRTHPLACE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; BRAIN DISEASE; CLAVICLE FRACTURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; ECLAMPSIA; FEMALE; HOME DELIVERY; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; LABOR; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MECONIUM ASPIRATION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; STILLBIRTH; CESAREAN SECTION; FORCEPS DELIVERY; HOSPITAL; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MATERNITY WARD; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BIRTHING CENTERS; CESAREAN SECTION; DATA COLLECTION; EXTRACTION, OBSTETRICAL; FEMALE; HOME CHILDBIRTH; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEW SOUTH WALES; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; STILLBIRTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902057674     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-14-206     Document Type: Article

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