Evaluating maternity care: A core set of outcome measures

Birth

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 164-172

  Devane, Declan ^b   Begley, Cecily M ^a,b   Clarke, Mike ^c   Horey, Dell ^d,e   Oboyle, Colm ^b  

^a Department of Nursing and Midwifery ^*

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d Pregnancy and Childbirth Group   (Australia)

^e NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Delphi; Minimum data set; Model of maternity care; Outcome measures

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DELPHI STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MATERNAL CARE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MIDWIFE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE;

ADULT; BENCHMARKING; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREGNANCY; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 34249822207     PISSN: 07307659     EISSN: 1523536X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-536X.2006.00145.x     Document Type: Article

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