Impact of maternity care policy in Catalonia: A retrospective cross-sectional study of service delivery in public and private hospitals

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Escuriet Peiró, Ramón ^a,b   Goberna Tricas, Josefina ^c   Pueyo Sanchez, Maria J ^b   Garriga Comas, Neus ^c,d   Úbeda Bonet, Immaculada ^c   Caja López, Carmen ^c   Espiga López, Isabel ^e   Ortún Rubio, Vicente ^f  

^a UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^b GENERALITAT DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d Althaia   (Spain)

^e Ministry of Health   (Spain)

^f DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Birth; Maternity care; Obstetric interventions

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FORCEPS DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MATERNAL CARE; MIDWIFE; OBSTETRICIAN; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; VACUUM EXTRACTOR; ACCREDITATION; ADULT; MANPOWER; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICE; OBSTETRIC DELIVERY; OBSTETRICS; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPAIN; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; UTILIZATION; VACUUM EXTRACTION; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCREDITATION; ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; EXTRACTION, OBSTETRICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HOSPITALS, PRIVATE; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDWIFERY; OBSTETRICS; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPAIN; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; VACUUM EXTRACTION, OBSTETRICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84924903330     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12884-015-0446-y     Document Type: Article

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