International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics
Volume 107, Issue 3 , Pages 198-201, December 2009

Inequalities in cesarean delivery rates by ethnicity and hospital accessibility in Brazil

  • Paulo Fontoura Freitas

      Affiliations

    • Programa de Pós Graduação em Ciências Médicas, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil
    • Núcleo de Orientação em Epidemiologia, Universidade do Sul de Santa Catarina, Tubarão, SC, Brazil
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Beco da Lua 232, Lagoa da Conceição, CEP 88062-490, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil.
    • ,
  • Maria de Lourdes Drachler

      Affiliations

    • School of Allied Health Professions, Faculty of Health, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK
    • ,
  • José Carlos de Carvalho Leite

      Affiliations

    • Faculdade de Psicologia, PUCRS, Porto Alegre, Brazil
    • ,
  • Tom Marshall

      Affiliations

    • London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, University of London, UK

Received 2 March 2009; received in revised form 18 July 2009; accepted 27 August 2009. published online 28 September 2009.

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PII: S0020-7292(09)00475-5

doi:10.1016/j.ijgo.2009.08.017

International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics
Volume 107, Issue 3 , Pages 198-201, December 2009

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