Analysing differences in clinical outcomes between hospitals

Quality and Safety in Health Care

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 257-262

  Simpson, Judy M ^a   Evans, N ^b   Gibberd, R W ^c   Heuchan, A M ^b   Henderson Smart, D J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIRTH; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; DISEASE SEVERITY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEW ZEALAND; NEWBORN; PREDICTION; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL PERIOD; PREVALENCE; SAMPLING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 0041695299     PISSN: 09638172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/qhc.12.4.257     Document Type: Article

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