Hospital and patient characteristics associated with variation in 28- day mortality rates for very low birth weight infants

Pediatrics

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 149-156

  Horbar, Jeffrey D ^a,d,e   Badger, Gary J ^a   Lewit, Eugene M ^b   Rogowski, Jeannette ^c   Shiono, Patricia H ^b   Stillman, A Lynn ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b The David and Lucile Packard Foundation   (United States)

^c RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^d VERMONT OXFORD NETWORK   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

mortality; neonate; residency training; variation; very low birth weight; volume

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PEDIATRICS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LOGISTIC MODELS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT ADMISSION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; UNITED STATES; VERMONT; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0030936642     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.99.2.149     Document Type: Article

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