Severe maternal morbidity among Hispanic women in New York City: Investigation of health disparities

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 285-294

  Howell, Elizabeth A ^a   Egorova, Natalia N ^b   Janevic, Teresa ^b   Balbierz, Amy ^b   Zeitlin, Jennifer ^b   Hebert, Paul L ^b  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PARIS DESCARTES UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BIRTH CERTIFICATE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM FUNCTION DISORDER; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEART DISEASE; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY DISEASE; LUPUS VULGARIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NEW YORK; PLACENTA DISORDER; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERTO RICAN; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VASCULAR DISEASE; CAUCASIAN; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; ETHNOLOGY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; MEXICO; MORBIDITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PUERTO RICO; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MEXICO; MORBIDITY; NEW YORK CITY; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PUERTO RICO;

EID: 85009431609     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000001864     Document Type: Conference Paper

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