The relation between the availability of neonatal intensive care and neonatal mortality

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 346, Issue 20, 2002, Pages 1538-1544

  Goodman, David C ^a   Fisher, Elliott S ^a,b   Little, George A ^a   Stukel, Thérèse A ^a   Chang, Chiang Hua ^a   Schoendorf, Kenneth S ^c  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVARIANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NEONATOLOGY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037118291     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa011921     Document Type: Article

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