Racial disparities in comorbidity and severe maternal morbidity/mortality in the United States: an analysis of temporal trends

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 89-96

  Metcalfe, Amy ^a,b   Wick, James ^a   Ronksley, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Comorbidity; maternal mortality; pregnancy; severe maternal morbidity; temporal trends

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ADULT; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BLACK PERSON; CAUCASIAN; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LUNG EDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PACIFIC ISLANDER; PELVIS INJURY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEPSIS; SHOCK; THORAX INJURY; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES; CANADA; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; HOSPITALIZATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS;

ADULT; CANADA; COMORBIDITY; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 85032786181     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aogs.13245     Document Type: Article

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