Improving midwifery practice: The American College of Nurse-Midwives' Benchmarking Project

Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 461-471

  Collins Fulea, Cathy ^a   Mohr, Julie J ^a   Tillett, Jackie ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Benchmarking; Midwifery; Quality; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL LIABILITY; MIDWIFE; NURSE; OBSTETRIC CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PEER REVIEW; PERFORMANCE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK REDUCTION; STANDARD;

BENCHMARKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDWIFERY; MODELS, NURSING; PEER REVIEW; PREGNANCY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; SOCIETIES, NURSING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 27844606988     PISSN: 15269523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmwh.2005.06.007     Document Type: Article

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