Variation in cesarean section rates in Sweden - Causes and economic consequences
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- Leonel Muinelo & Máximo Rossi & Patricia Triunfo, 2005. "Comportamiento médico: una aplicación a las cesáreas en el Uruguay," Documentos de Trabajo (working papers) 0605, Department of Economics - dECON.
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Cesarean section; practice variation; economic consequences; regression analysis;All these keywords.
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- I10 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - General
- I12 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health Behavior
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