1 Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Isala Zwolle, the Netherlands 2 Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Máxima Medisch Centrum Veldhoven, the Netherlands 3 Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Gelre Ziekenhuizen Apeldoorn, the Netherlands 4 Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Spaarneziekenhuis Hoofddorp, the Netherlands 5 Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Sint Lucas Andreas Ziekenhuis Amster...

introduction: there are major differences in neonatal and obstetrics outcomes of labour among different ethnicities. the present study compared the neonatal and obstetrics outcomes of labour between the iranian and afghan ethnicities. methods: neonatal and obstetrics problems were evaluated in iranian and afghan pregnant women, who had referred to arash educational/treatment center for labour d...

background: maternal health care utilization continues to focus on the agenda of health care planners around the world, with high attention being paid to the developing countries. the devastating effect of maternal death at birth on the affected families is untold. this study examines the utilization of obstetric care in the democratic republic of congo. we have used the nationally representati...

1Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina 2Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas 3Center of Behavioral Epidemiology and Community Health (CBEACH), San Diego State University, San Diego, California 4Department of Obstetrics ...

BACKGROUND The loss of family physicians as obstetrics providers during the last decade has had a significant impact on access to obstetric services, especially for rural populations. The expense of malpractice premiums has been cited often as a reason for physicians' discontinuation of this service. METHODS Seventy-six family physicians in northern California who recently discontinued obstet...