Description of inter-institutional referrals after admission for labor and delivery: A prospective population based cohort study in rural Maharashtra, India

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Patel, Archana B ^a   Prakash, Amber Abhijeet ^a   Raynes Greenow, Camille ^b   Pusdekar, Yamini V ^a   Hibberd, Patricia L ^c,d  

^a Lata Medical Research Foundation   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

India; Inter institutional transfer; Maternal referral; Neonatal mortality; Stillbirths

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BIRTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INDIA; LABOR; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MORTALITY; MOTHER; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; OBSTETRIC DELIVERY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT TRANSPORT; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL HEALTH; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STILLBIRTH; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH FACILITIES; HOSPITALS, MATERNITY; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT, NEWBORN; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MOTHERS; PARTURITION; PATIENT TRANSFER; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RURAL HEALTH; STILLBIRTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85019901998     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12913-017-2302-4     Document Type: Article

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