Regionalized long-term follow-up

Seminars in Neonatology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 135-144

  Yu, Victor Y H ^a   Doyle, Lex W ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Neonatal care; Neurodevelopment; Organization; Perinatal care; Prematurity; Regionalization

Indexed keywords

BIRTH WEIGHT; CANADA; COHORT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; GEOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LONG TERM CARE; NEWBORN CARE; PERINATAL CARE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREMATURITY; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; QUALITY ADJUSTED SURVIVAL RATE; REGIONALIZATION; REVIEW; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL RATE; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

EID: 1642330898     PISSN: 10842756     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.siny.2003.08.008     Document Type: Review

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