The potential impact on costs and staffing of introducing clinical networks and British Association of Perinatal Medicine standards to the delivery of neonatal care

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2004, Pages

  Draper, E S ^a   Manktelow, B N ^a   McCabe, C ^b   Field, D J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GEOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MEDICAL STAFF; MODEL; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NURSING; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ENGLAND; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; PERINATOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGIONAL MEDICAL PROGRAMS; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 2342586041     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2003.034512     Document Type: Article

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