Obstetric care in a migrant population with free access to health care

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 244-247

  Almeida, Lígia M ^a,b,c   Santos, Cristina C ^a   Caldas, José P ^b,c   Ayres De Campos, Diogo ^a   Dias, Sónia ^d  

^a University of Porto   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c Iberoamerican Observatory of Health and Citizenship (IOHC)   (Portugal)

^d INSTITUTO DE HIGIENE E MEDICINA TROPICAL   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Immigrants; Maternal health services; Patient satisfaction; Portugal; Pregnancy complications; Prenatal care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; LACERATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIGRANT; MOTHER; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBSTETRIC PROCEDURE; PERINEAL LACERATION; PERINEUM INJURY; PORTUGAL; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW; URBAN POPULATION; VAGINAL DELIVERY; YOUNG ADULT; BRAZIL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FACTUAL DATABASE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; BRAZIL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; PERINATAL CARE; PORTUGAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84905584767     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: 18793479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2014.03.023     Document Type: Article

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