Hospital rates of maternal and neonatal infection in a low-risk population

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 307-316

  Korst, Lisa M ^a,b,g   Fridman, Moshe ^h   Friedlich, Philippe S ^a,b   Lu, Michael C ^d,e   Reyes, Carolina ^b   Hobel, Calvin J ^c,d   Chavez, Gilberto F ^f   Gregory, Kimberly D ^c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c BURNS AND ALLEN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^g WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h NONE

Author keywords

Endometritis; Hierarchical modeling; Neonatal sepsis; Obstetrical care; Quality indicators

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CESAREAN SECTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL DISEASE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INFECTION; NULLIPARA; PERINATAL INFECTION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

CALIFORNIA; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL WELFARE; OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 33644785121     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-005-0006-6     Document Type: Article

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