Dependency level of babies on the neonatal unit: A comparison of two different classification systems

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2001, Pages

  Yoxall, C W ^a   Cooke, R W I ^a   Shaw, N J ^a   Subhedar, N V ^a   Weindling, A M ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dependency; Neonatal units; Quality of care; Service provision

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FACTUAL DATABASE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; UNITED KINGDOM; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ALGORITHMS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ENGLAND; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 0035513771     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 13592998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/fn.85.3.f173     Document Type: Article

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