Variation in hospital caesarean section rates and obstetric outcomes among nulliparae at term: A population-based cohort study

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 122, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 702-711

  Nippita, T A ^a,b,c   Lee, Y Y ^a   Patterson, J A ^a   Ford, J B ^a   Morris, J M ^a,b   Nicholl, M C ^b,c   Roberts, C L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Caesarean section; induction; labour; maternal outcome; neonatal outcome; spontaneous labour; term nullipara

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; CESAREAN SECTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LABOR; LABOR INDUCTION; LABOR ONSET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NULLIPARA; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUSTRALIA; DELIVERY; NEWBORN; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PARITY; PREGNANCY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CESAREAN SECTION; COHORT STUDIES; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LABOR, INDUCED; NEW SOUTH WALES; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME;

EID: 84925246937     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.13281     Document Type: Article

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