Hospitals by day, dispensaries by night: Hourly fluctuations of maternal mortality within Mexican health institutions, 2010-2014.

BACKGROUND:Quality of obstetric care may not be constant within clinics and hospitals. Night shifts and weekends experience understaffing and other organizational hurdles in comparison with the weekday morning shifts, and this may influence the risk of maternal deaths. OBJECTIVE:To analyze the hourl...

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Main Authors: Hector Lamadrid-Figueroa, Alejandra Montoya, Jimena Fritz, Eduardo Ortiz-Panozo, Dolores González-Hernández, Leticia Suárez-López, Rafael Lozano
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5979009?pdf=render