Assessing the safety of freestanding birth centers with propensity score analysis

Freestanding birth centers (FBCs) offer prenatal and childbirth services outside hospital settings where nurse-midwives are the primary providers for women with low risk pregnancies. Although previous research provides evidence supporting the safety of FBCs, critiques of methodological procedures ca...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Davidson, Heather Ann
Other Authors: Melanie Lutenbacher
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: VANDERBILT 2005
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Online Access:http://etd.library.vanderbilt.edu/available/etd-12022005-135537/