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A Comparison of Obstetric Morbidity and Management Between Clinic and Private Patients
Author(s) -
Chang A.,
Keeping J. D.,
Morrison J.,
Esler E. J.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.734
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1479-828X
pISSN - 0004-8666
DOI - 10.1111/j.1479-828x.1979.tb02745.x
Subject(s) - medicine , audit , obstetric history , private practice , emergency medicine , pediatrics , obstetrics , perinatal mortality , pregnancy , family medicine , gestation , fetus , management , biology , economics , genetics
Summary: The patterns of morbidity and management among clinic and private patients in a teaching hospital were compared by an audit of computerized case records. The clinic patients were more likely to have a poor obstetric history and antenatal complications, and the private patients were managed more actively. Perinatal mortality in the clinic patients was higher and was related to the higher frequency of low birth weight babies.