Reduction of peripartum racial and ethnic disparities: A conceptual framework and maternal safety consensus bundle

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 131, Issue 5, 2018, Pages 770-782

  Howell, Elizabeth A ^a,b   Brown, Haywood ^a   Brumley, Jessica ^a   Bryant, Allison S ^a   Caughey, Aaron B ^a   Cornell, Andria M ^a   Grant, Jacqueline H ^a   Gregory, Kimberly D ^a   Gullo, Susan M ^a   Kozhimannil, Katy B ^a   Mhyre, Jill M ^a   Toledo, Paloma ^a   D'Oria, Robyn ^a   Ngoh, Martha ^a   Grobman, William A ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MATERNAL CARE; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; CONSENSUS; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; OBSTETRICS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

CONSENSUS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; OBSTETRICS; PATIENT SAFETY; PERINATAL CARE; PERIPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85051472982     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000002475     Document Type: Article

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