Impact of the Perception of Viability on Resource Allocation in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 347-351

  Sanders, Marilyn R ^a   Donohue, Pamela K ^b   Oberdorf, Mary Ann ^b   Rosenkrantz, Ted S ^b   Allen, Marilee C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PERCEPTION; PREMATURITY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

EMPIRICAL APPROACH; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032163927     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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