Comparison of bio-sociodemographic, obstetric and perinatal characteristics among immigrant and native women in the Metropolitan Region in Chile.

International migration is an increasing public health concern, particularly regard to maternal and neonatal health.To compare obstetric and neonatal variables among native and immigrant childbearing women in a clinical hospital in Santiago, Chile.A cross-sectional, analytic study with 2598 childbearing women and their newborn examined between January and July 2015. Data were collected from clinical records by students who had previously been...