Group Prenatal Care: Has Its Time Come?

Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 380-391

  Picklesimer, Amy ^a   Heberlein, Emily ^b   Covington Kolb, Sarah ^a  

^a GREENVILLE HOSPITAL SYSTEM   (United States)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Centering Pregnancy; group prenatal care; health economics; preterm birth

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CHILDBIRTH EDUCATION; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; COST CONTROL; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FAMILY PLANNING; GROUP PRENATAL CARE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INVESTMENT; LOW RISK PATIENT; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ECONOMICS; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; PROCEDURES; SEXUAL EDUCATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

BREAST FEEDING; COST SAVINGS; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL EDUCATION; SEX EDUCATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84957374538     PISSN: 00099201     EISSN: 15325520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GRF.0000000000000095     Document Type: Article

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