Geographic variations and temporal trends in cesarean delivery rates in China, 2008-2014

JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 317, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 69-76

  Li, Hong Tian ^a   Luo, Shusheng ^a   Trasande, Leonardo ^b,c   Hellerstein, Susan ^d   Kang, Chuyun ^a   Li, Jia Xin ^c   Zhang, Yali ^a   Liu, Jian Meng ^a   Blustein, Jan ^b,c  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CHINA; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; LIVE BIRTH; MATERNAL DEATH; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PERINATAL DEATH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TREND STUDY; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME FACTOR; TRENDS;

CESAREAN SECTION; CHINA; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY, MEDICAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIVE BIRTH; MATERNAL DEATH; PERINATAL DEATH; PREGNANCY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 85008411786     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2016.18663     Document Type: Article

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