The use of and need for patient classification systems in Swedish neonatal care

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 11-17

  Almeida, Rosimary T ^a,b   Persson, Jan ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Infants; Neonatal care; Newborn; Outcome assessment; Severity of illness index

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; INFANT; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; NURSING; PATIENT CODING; QUALITY CONTROL; STAFF TRAINING; SWEDEN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031921575     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02839319850163084     Document Type: Article

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