Regional quality assessment in perinatal care

Seminars in Neonatology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 145-153

  Lindmark, Gunilla ^a   Langhoff Roos, Jens ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Perinatal care; Quality assessment

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER; DATA ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MEDICAL AUDIT; PERINATAL CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITY CONTROL; REGIONALIZATION; REVIEW; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 1642280521     PISSN: 10842756     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.siny.2003.08.013     Document Type: Article

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