Absorbing and transferring risk: Assessing the impact of a statewide high-risk-pregnancy telemedical program on VLBW maternal transports

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Britt, David W ^a   Bronstein, Janet ^b   Norton, Jonathan D ^c,d  

^a Fetal Medicine Foundation of America   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^d FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRTH CERTIFICATE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MATERNAL AGE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PHYSICIAN; PREDICTION; PROBABILITY; RACE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; TELEMEDICINE; UNITED STATES; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

EID: 33747203789     PISSN: 14712393     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-6-11     Document Type: Review

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