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Does medical insurance type (private vs public) influence the physician's decision to perform Caesarean delivery?
- Correspondence to Dr Tammy Z Movsas, Department of Epidemiology, Michigan State University, B601 West Fee, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA; tmovsas{at}epi.msu.edu
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Does medical insurance type (private vs public) influence the physician's decision to perform Caesarean delivery?
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- Received August 30, 2011
- Revised March 2, 2012
- Accepted March 12, 2012
- First published May 5, 2012.
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April 27, 2016
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