Titre :
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Clinical, provider and sociodemographic determinants of the number of antenatal visits in England and Wales. (2001)
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Auteurs :
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Stavros PETROU ;
Emil KUPEK ;
Michael MARESH ;
Sarah VAUSE ;
Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Audit Unit. St Mary's Hospital for Women and Children Whitworth Park. Manchester. GBR
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Type de document :
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Article
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Dans :
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Social science and medicine (vol. 52, n° 7, 2001)
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Pagination :
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1123-1134
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Langues:
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Anglais
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Mots-clés :
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Utilisation service
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Homme
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Femme
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Utilisation
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Epidémiologie
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Facteur sociodémographique
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Profession santé
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Antécédent médical
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Angleterre
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Grande Bretagne
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Royaume Uni
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Europe
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Pays de Galles
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Résumé :
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[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST ruZR0xjG. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. The objective of this study was to measure the independent effects of clinical factors and non-clinical factors, such as provider and sociodemographic characteristics, on the number of antenatal visits made by women in England and Wales. The study was based on a survey of the secondary case records of 20,771 women with singleton pregnancies who were delivered between I August 1994 and 31 July 1995. The women in the survey attended one of nine maternity units in Northern England and North Wales selected within those areas to reflect geographical variations, as well as variations in the size and teaching status of the institution. A multivariate Poisson regression model was developed to examine differences in the number of antenatal visits made by women with different clinical and non-clinical characteristics. After controlling for non-clinical factors, primiparous women identified as high risk at booking made 1.0% more visits than primiparous women identified as low risk at booking (p=0.196). Multiparous women identified as high risk at booking made 3.5% more visits than their low risk counterparts (p
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