Using hospital discharge data for determining neonatal morbidity and mortality: A validation study

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Ford, Jane B ^a,b   Roberts, Christine L ^a,b   Algert, Charles S ^a,b   Bowen, Jennifer R ^b   Bajuk, Barbara ^c   Henderson Smart, David J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MECONIUM ASPIRATION; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; PNEUMONIA; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TACHYPNEA; VALIDATION STUDY; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; AUSTRALIA; CLASSIFICATION; HEALTH SURVEY; INFANT MORTALITY; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CURRENT PROCEDURAL TERMINOLOGY; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; NEW SOUTH WALES; PATIENT DISCHARGE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH INFORMATICS; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 38849202544     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-7-188     Document Type: Article

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