Identifying maternity services in public hospitals in rural and remote Australia

Australian Health Review

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 337-344

  Longman, Jo ^a   Pilcher, Jennifer M ^a   Donoghue, Deborah A ^a   Rolfe, Margaret ^a   Kildea, Sue V ^b   Kruske, Sue ^c   Oats, Jeremy J N ^d   Morgan, Geoffrey G ^a,e   Barclay, Lesley M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e North Coast Public Health Unit   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIRTH RATE; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS;

AUSTRALIA; BIRTH RATE; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; PREGNANCY; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 84902160885     PISSN: 01565788     EISSN: 14498944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AH13188     Document Type: Article

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