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Randomized Controlled Trials in the Evaluation of Antenatal Care

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 March 2009

Murray W. Enkin
Murray W. Enkin
Affiliation:
McMaster University, Hamilton
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Abstract

Many of the practices carried out during antenatal care improve the well-being of mother or baby and reduce the burden of adverse perinatal outcome. Other practices have either not been evaluated or have been shown to be ineffective. Evidence from randomized clinical trials provides the best evidence about the effectiveness of these practices.

Type
Methodological Considerations in the Evaluation of Antenatal Care Programs
Information
International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care , Volume 8 , Supplement S1 , January 1992 , pp. 40 - 45
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1992

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