Birth Certificate Methods in Five Hospitals

Public Health Nursing

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 318-327

  Northam, Sally ^a   Polancich, Shea ^b   Restrepo, Elizabeth ^b  

^a TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Texas Health Resources   (United States)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Birth certificate; Data collection; Reliability

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BIRTH CERTIFICATE; DELIVERY; EDUCATION; EVALUATION; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFORMATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; OFFICE WORKER; RELIABILITY; UNITED STATES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATOR; MOTHER; NURSE ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTER; STANDARD; TIME; VALIDATION STUDY; VITAL STATISTICS;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BIRTH CERTIFICATES; DATA COLLECTION; FORMS AND RECORDS CONTROL; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORD ADMINISTRATORS; MOTHERS; NURSE'S ROLE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; TEXAS; TIME FACTORS; VITAL STATISTICS;

EID: 0043236143     PISSN: 07371209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1446.2003.20409.x     Document Type: Article

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