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Pregnancy-related aeromedical retrievals in rural and remote Australia: national evidence from the Royal Flying Doctor Service

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العنوان: Pregnancy-related aeromedical retrievals in rural and remote Australia: national evidence from the Royal Flying Doctor Service
المؤلفون: David Gonzalez-Chica, Marianne Gillam, Susan Williams, Pritish Sharma, Matthew Leach, Martin Jones, Lucie Walters, Fergus Gardiner
المصدر: BMC Health Services Research, Vol 21, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2021)
بيانات النشر: BMC, 2021.
سنة النشر: 2021
المجموعة: LCC:Public aspects of medicine
مصطلحات موضوعية: Rural population, Maternal health services, Pregnancy complications, Emergency medical services, Air ambulances, Public aspects of medicine, RA1-1270
الوصف: Abstract Background Inequalities in the availability of maternity health services in rural Australia have been documented, but not the impact on aeromedical retrievals. This study aims to examine the prevalence of pregnancy-related aeromedical retrievals, the most common conditions (overall and in specific age groups), and their distribution according to operation area and demographic characteristics. Methods Cross-sectional study using administrative data from the Royal Flying Doctors Service (RFDS) including all pregnant women aged 15–49 years retrieved by the RFDS between 2015 and 2019. All pregnancy-related aeromedical retrievals were classified according to the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10, chapter XV). The distribution of pregnancy-related conditions was presented overall and stratified by age group (i.e.
نوع الوثيقة: article
وصف الملف: electronic resource
اللغة: English
تدمد: 1472-6963
Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/1472-6963
DOI: 10.1186/s12913-021-06404-5
URL الوصول: https://doaj.org/article/b7f3d8867649436c8d5049505e5038a1
رقم الانضمام: edsdoj.b7f3d8867649436c8d5049505e5038a1
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تدمد:14726963
DOI:10.1186/s12913-021-06404-5