Obstetric Care by Family Physicians and Infant Mortality in Rural Alabama

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Results of a study to determine whether availability of prenatal care and obstetric services as provided by family physicians was associated with lower infant mortality in Pickens County, Alabama. Features statistics including infant mortality rates, rates of low birth weight, and cumulative births to females ages 10-19, in selected Alabama counties during 1986-1991, 1993-2001, and 2005-2013.

Jessica Powell, Catherine Skinner, Drake Lavender, Daniel Avery, James Leeper

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine, 31(4), 542-549

07/2018

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Children and youth · Maternal health and prenatal care · Mortality · Population health · Primary care · Statistics and data · Women · Alabama