Usual hospital care versus post-abortion care for women with unsafe abortion: A case control study from Sri Lanka

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Arambepola, Carukshi ^a   Rajapaksa, Lalini C ^a   Galwaduge, Chandani ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^b Bauddhaloka Mawatha   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Comparison groups; Contraception; Discrimination; Post abortion care

Indexed keywords

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADULT; AFTERCARE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SRI LANKA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADULT; AFTERCARE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SRI LANKA; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84920831140     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-14-470     Document Type: Article

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