The impact of socioeconomic position of severe maternal morbidity outcomes amongst women in the UK and Australia

Thesis

Aims: The aims of this thesis are to investigate the risk of severe maternal morbidity amongst women from different socioeconomic groups in the UK, explore why these differences exist and compare these findings to the setting in Australia.

Methods: Three separate analyses were conducted. The first used UK Obstetric Surveillance System (UKOSS) data to assess the incidence and independent odds of severe maternal morbidity by socioeconomic group in the...

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Authors: Lindquist, A; Anthea Lindquist

• Publication date: 2013
• Type of award: DPhil
• Level of award: Doctoral
• Awarding institution: Oxford University, UK
• Language: English
• Keywords: socioeconomic; morbidity; maternal; disadvantage
• Subjects: Obstetrics; Health and health policy; Social disadvantage; Social Inequality; Statistics (social sciences); Public Health