Collaborative quality improvement for neonatal intensive care

Pediatrics

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 14-22

  Horbar, Jeffrey D ^a   Rogowski, Jeannette ^b   Plsek, Paul E ^c   Delmore, Paula ^d   Edwards, William H ^e   Hocker, James ^f   Kantak, Anand D ^g   Lewallen, Patrick ^h   Lewis, William ⁱ   Lewit, Eugene ^j   McCarroll, Connie J ^k   Mujsce, Dennis ^l   Payne, Nathaniel R ^m   Shiono, Patricia ^j   Soll, Roger F ^a   Leahy, Kathy ^a   Carpenter, Joseph H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^c Paul E Plsek and Associates Inc   (United States)

^d WESLEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f Children's Hospital of Illinois   (United States)

^g AKRON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h LEGACY EMANUEL HOSPITAL   (United States)

ⁱ Parkview Hospital   (United States)

^j The David and Lucile Packard Foundation   (United States)

^k MIAMI VALLEY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^l PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^m CHILDREN S HOSPITALS AND CLINICS OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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Author keywords

Chronic lung disease; Collaborative quality improvement; Infection; Neonatal intensive care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFECTION RISK; INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL;

CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS INFECTION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; LUNG DISEASES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SURVIVAL RATE; VERMONT;

EID: 17744379181     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.107.1.14     Document Type: Article

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