The effect of birth in secondary- or tertiary-level hospitals in Finland on mortality in very preterm infants: A birth-register study

Pediatrics

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Rautava, Liisi ^a   Lehtonen, Liisa ^a   Peltola, Mikko ^b   Korvenranta, Emmi ^a   Korvenranta, Heikki ^a   Linna, Miika ^b   Hallman, Mikko ^c   Andersson, Sture ^d   Gissler, Mika ^b   Leipälä, Jaana ^e   Tammela, Outi ^f   Häkkinen, Unto ^b  

^a TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^e KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^f TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Hospital level; Mortality; Regionalization; Time of birth; Very preterm infant; VLBW infant

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FINLAND; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL CARE; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STILLBIRTH; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; DELIVERY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITAL; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; STATISTICS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FINLAND; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITALS; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

EID: 33846910065     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2006-1964     Document Type: Article

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