The impact of socioeconomic position on severe maternal morbidity outcomes among women in Australia: A national case-control study

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 122, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1601-1609

  Lindquist, A ^a,b   Noor, N ^a   Sullivan, E ^c   Knight, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTHERN HEALTH   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; maternal morbidity; socioeconomic position

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNION FLUID EMBOLISM; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECLAMPSIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PLACENTA ACCRETA; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; EMBOLISM, AMNIOTIC FLUID; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; MATERNAL WELFARE; NEWBORN; ODDS RATIO; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CESAREAN SECTION; ECLAMPSIA; EMBOLISM, AMNIOTIC FLUID; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MATERNAL WELFARE; ODDS RATIO; PARITY; PLACENTA ACCRETA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 84945307970     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.13058     Document Type: Article

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