Variation in Maternal Co-morbidities and Obstetric Interventions across Area-Level Socio-economic Status: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Kamala Adhikari DahalShahirose PremjiAlka B PatelTyler WilliamsonMingkai PengAmy Metcalfe

Published in: Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology (2017)

Many co-morbidities and obstetric interventions vary at the area-level, but only some are associated with area-level SES, and few of them vary due to the area-level SES. This indicates that other area-level factors, in addition to area-level SES, need to be considered when investigating maternal health and use of health interventions.

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