Obstetrical volume and early neonatal mortality in preterm infants

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 791-798

  Bartels, Dorothee B ^a   Wenzlaff, Paul ^b   Poets, Christian F ^c  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b Center for Quality Management in Healthcare   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Early neonatal mortality; Hospital volume; Perinatal care; Preterm birth; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DELIVERY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; MODEL; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREMATURITY; STILLBIRTH; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; ODDS RATIO; PREMATURE BIRTH;

EID: 36148992288     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: 15737284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10654-007-9182-6     Document Type: Article

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