Mortality in low birth weight infants according to level of neonatal care at hospital of birth

Pediatrics

Volumn 109, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 745-751

  Cifuentes, Javier ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Bronstein, Janet ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Phibbs, Ciaran S ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Phibbs, Roderic H ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Schmitt, Susan K ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Carlo, Waldemar A ^a,b,c,d,e,f  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR HEALTH CARE EVALUATION   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

Health care surveys; Hospital mortality; Infant; Intensive care units; Low birth weight; Vital statistics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH CERTIFICATE; BIRTH WEIGHT; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

CALIFORNIA; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, MATERNITY; HUMANS; INFANT CARE; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; NEONATOLOGY; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0036246353     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.109.5.745     Document Type: Article

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