Association between maternal social deprivation and prenatal care utilization: the PreCARE cohort study

• Main Authors: Clémentine Gonthier (Author), Candice Estellat (Author), Catherine Deneux-Tharaux (Author), Béatrice Blondel (Author), Toni Alfaiate (Author), Thomas Schmitz (Author), Jean-François Oury (Author), Laurent Mandelbrot (Author), Dominique Luton (Author), Philippe Ravaud (Author), Elie Azria (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2017-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Maternal social deprivation is associated with an increased risk of adverse maternal and perinatal outcomes. Inadequate prenatal care utilization (PCU) is likely to be an important intermediate factor. The health care system in France provides essential health services to all pre...