An evaluation of the Kessner Adequacy of Prenatal Care Index and a proposed Adequacy of Prenatal Care Utilization Index.

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The Adequacy of Prenatal Care Utilization Index offers a more accurate and comprehensive set of measures of prenatal care utilization than the Kessner Index.

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synapsesocial.com/papers/69d7ba38ae371f9756ae2986 https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.84.9.1414

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