Regional practice variation in induction of labor in the Netherlands: Does it matter? A multilevel analysis of the association between induction rates and perinatal and maternal outcomes

• Pien Offerhaus ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: pien.offerhaus@zuyd.nl

  Affiliation Research Centre for Midwifery Science, Zuyd University, Maastricht, the Netherlands

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3772-6158

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• Tamar M. van Haaren-Ten Haken,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Research Centre for Midwifery Science, Zuyd University, Maastricht, the Netherlands

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• Judit K. J. Keulen,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Research Centre for Midwifery Science, Zuyd University, Maastricht, the Netherlands

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0694-0637

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• Judith D. de Jong,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Nivel–Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research, Utrecht, The Netherlands, Department of Health Services Research, Care and Public Health Research Institute, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands

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• Anne E. M. Brabers,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Nivel–Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research, Utrecht, The Netherlands

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• Corine J. M. Verhoeven,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Midwifery Science, Amsterdam University Medical Centre (UMC), Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Midwifery Academy Amsterdam Groningen, Inholland, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Amsterdam Public Health, Quality of Care, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Department of General Practice & Elderly Care Medicine, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands, Division of Midwifery, School of Health Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Maxima Medical Centre, Veldhoven, the Netherlands

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0001-0888

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• Hubertina C. J. Scheepers,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, GROW School for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, the Netherlands

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• Marianne Nieuwenhuijze

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Research Centre for Midwifery Science, Zuyd University, Maastricht, the Netherlands, Maastricht University, Care and Public Health Research Institute, Maastricht, the Netherlands

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6120-4152

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