An investigation of the relationship between the caseload model of midwifery for socially disadvantaged women and childbirth outcomes using routine data - A retrospective, observational study

Midwifery

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 409-417

  Rayment Jones, Hannah ^a   Murrells, Trevor ^a   Sandall, Jane ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caseload; Complex social factors; Continuity; Disadvantage; Inequalities; Vulnerable

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BIRTH; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MIDWIFE; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDWIFERY; MORBIDITY; PARTURITION; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL CLASS; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 84925305558     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2015.01.003     Document Type: Article

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