Babies born before arrival to hospital and maternity unit closures in Queensland and Australia

Women and Birth

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 236-245

  Kildea, Sue ^a   McGhie, Alexandra C ^b   Gao, Yu ^a   Rumbold, Alice ^c   Rolfe, Margaret ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Birth before arrival; Born before arrival; Maternity services; Maternity unit closures; Rural

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIRTH; BORN BEFORE ARRIVAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ADULT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; INFANT; OBSTETRIC DELIVERY; PREGNANCY; QUEENSLAND; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION; TRENDS;

ADULT; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFANT; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; PREGNANCY; QUEENSLAND; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 84940959752     PISSN: 18715192     EISSN: 18781799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wombi.2015.03.003     Document Type: Article

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