Declining severity adjusted mortality: Evidence of improving neonatal intensive care

Pediatrics

Volumn 102, Issue 4 I, 1998, Pages 893-899

  Richardson, Douglas K ^a,b,d   Gray, James E ^a   Gortmaker, Steven L ^b   Goldmann, Donald A ^c   Pursley, Dewayne M ^a   McCormick, Marie C ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

High risk obstetric care; Illness severity; Low birth weight; Neonatal intensive care; Neonatal mortality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSTETRIC CARE; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; MASSACHUSETTS; OBSTETRICS; PRENATAL CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RISK; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0031657041     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.102.4.893     Document Type: Article

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