The effectiveness of regionalization of perinatal care services - a systematic review

Public Health

Volumn 128, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 872-885

  Rashidian, A ^a,b   Omidvari, A H ^a   Vali, Y ^a,c   Mortaz, S ^d   Yousefi Nooraie, R ^e   Jafari, M ^b   Bhutta, Z A ^f  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Perinatal; Regionalization; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

CHILDBEARING; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES; MATERNAL HEALTH; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; PREGNANCY; REGIONALIZATION; WOMENS HEALTH;

CANADA; FRANCE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; INTERVENTION STUDY; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); METHODOLOGY; NARRATIVE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REGIONALIZATION; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; INFANT; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); TRENDS;

CANADA; FRANCE; UNITED STATES;

CANADA; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REGIONAL HEALTH PLANNING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84922395083     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: 14765616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2014.08.005     Document Type: Review

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