Maternal morbidity and perinatal outcomes among women in rural versus urban areas

CMAJ

Volumn 188, Issue 17-18, 2016, Pages E456-E465

  Lisonkova, Sarka ^a,b   Haslam, Matthew D ^b   Dahlgren, Leanne ^a   Chen, Innie ^c   Synnes, Anne R ^b   Lim, Kenneth I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BRITISH COLUMBIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECLAMPSIA; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; LARGE FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; MALE; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; PERINATAL DEATH; PERINATAL MORBIDITY; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PERINATAL PERIOD; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL AREA; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; URBAN AREA; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; UTERUS RUPTURE; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FETAL MACROSOMIA; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HOME DELIVERY; MIDWIFE; NEWBORN; OBSTETRICS; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREMATURE BIRTH; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URBAN POPULATION; UTERINE RUPTURE; UTILIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APGAR SCORE; BRITISH COLUMBIA; COHORT STUDIES; ECLAMPSIA; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; FETAL MACROSOMIA; HOME CHILDBIRTH; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MIDWIFERY; OBSTETRICS; ODDS RATIO; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREMATURE BIRTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION; UTERINE RUPTURE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85001975488     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.151382     Document Type: Article

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