Rates of major obstetrical complications vary almost fivefold among US hospitals

Health Affairs

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1330-1336

  Glancel, Laurent G ^a   Dick, Andrew W ^b   Glantz, J Christopher ^a   Wissler, Richard N ^a   Qian, Feng ^a   Marroquin, Bridget M ^c   Mukamel, Dana B ^d   Kellermann, Arthur L ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CESAREAN SECTION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; OBSTETRIC PROCEDURE; OBSTETRICAL COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; OBSTETRIC DELIVERY; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; OBSTETRICS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; STANDARDS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; OBSTETRICS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84905973253     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2013.1359     Document Type: Article

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