Riskadjusted assessment of quality of perinatal centers - Results of perinatal/neonatal quality surveillance in Saxonia;Risikoadjustierte qualitätsbeurteilung in perinatalzentren ausgehend von der perinatal- und neonatalerhebung in Sachsen

Zeitschrift fur Geburtshilfe und Neonatologie

Volumn 209, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 210-218

  Koch, R ^a   Gmyrek, D ^b   Vogtmann, Christoph ^b,c  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Landesärztekammer Sachsen   (Germany)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Quality indicator; Quality surveillance; Risk adjustment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASE MIX; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; PERINATAL CARE; PREMATURITY; QUALITY CONTROL; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; ROC CURVE;

EID: 30844458189     PISSN: 09482393     EISSN: 14391651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-916244     Document Type: Article

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