Effects of hospital policies based on 1996 group B streptococcal disease consensus guidelines

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 377-382

  Factor, Stephanie H ^a,b   Whitney, Cynthia G ^a   Zywicki, Sara S ^a   Schuchat, Anne ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CONTROL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LINEAR MODELS; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033981872     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-7844(99)00549-9     Document Type: Article

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