Impact of maternity unit closures on access to obstetrical care: the French experience between 1998 and 2003

Hugo Pilkington (1) , Béatrice Blondel (2) , Marion Carayol (3) , Gérard Bréart (2) , Jennifer Zeitlin (2)

1 LADYSS - Laboratoire Dynamiques Sociales et Recomposition des Espaces
2 UMR_S 953 - Recherche Epidémiologique en Santé Périnatale et Santé des Femmes et des Enfants
3 EPSYLON - Dynamique des capacités humaines et des conduites de santé

Keywords: Perinatal care; Medically underserved area; France; Health service accessibility; Hospitals; Maternity unit; Hospital planning

Domains: Humanities and Social Sciences; Sociology; Life Sciences [q-bio]; Human health and pathology; Gynecology and obstetrics

Hugo Pilkington, Béatrice Blondel, Marion Carayol, Gérard Bréart, Jennifer Zeitlin. Impact of maternity unit closures on access to obstetrical care: the French experience between 1998 and 2003. Social Science and Medicine, 2008, 67 (10), pp.1521-1529. ⟨10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.07.021⟩. ⟨hal-01059463⟩