The relationship between variations in cesarean delivery and regional health care use in the United States.

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• Publication year

  2016

• Venue

  American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

• Publication date

  2016-06-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine

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  DOI 10.1016/j.ajog.2015.12.023PMID 26721777
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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