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How Should Health Departments Manage Prenatal Care?, Julianne Nesbit
How Should Health Departments Manage Prenatal Care?, Julianne Nesbit
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Objective: To compare how health departments in the southwest district of Ohio manage prenatal care, defined as preventative care provided immediately preceding, during, and following pregnancy, to determine if there is a better management technique based on cost and/or characteristics of jurisdictions.
Design: Qualitative descriptive analysis of prenatal services at local health departments in the southwest district of Ohio for 2004.
Setting and Participants: Health Departments in the southwest district of Ohio.
Main Outcome Measures: Comparison of the types of services currently being used to provide prenatal care services (i.e., direct, contracted, combination, or no service) including budgeting and cost …