Women’s Use of Health Care in the First 2 Years Postpartum: Occurrence and Correlates

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 20, Issue , 2016, Pages 81-91

  Bryant, Allison ^a   Blake Lamb, Tiffany ^a   Hatoum, Ida ^a   Kotelchuck, Milton ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Disparities; Interconception care; Late postpartum care; Life course; Postpartum care

Indexed keywords

FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MASSACHUSETTS; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUERPERIUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MASSACHUSETTS; POSTNATAL CARE; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84981293987     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-016-2168-9     Document Type: Article

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