Accessibility of general and specialized obstetric care providers in Germany and England: an analysis of location and neonatal outcome

Accessibility of general and specialized obstetric care providers in Germany and England: an analysis of location and neonatal outcome

Abstract Background Health care accessibility is known to differ geographically. With this study we focused on analysing accessibility of general and specialized obstetric units in England and Germany with regard to urbanity, area deprivation and neonatal outcome using routine data. Methods We used...

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Main Authors: Jan Bauer, David A. Groneberg, Werner Maier, Roxanne Manek, Frank Louwen, Dörthe Brüggmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-12-01
Series:International Journal of Health Geographics
Subjects:
Neonatal outcome
Obstetric care
Accessibility
Area deprivation
High-income countries
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12942-017-0116-6

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