Capacity to monitor severe maternal morbidity in Australia

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 17-25

  Pollock, Wendy ^a,e   Sullivan, Elizabeth ^b,e   Nelson, Sioban ^c   King, James ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d ROYAL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Maternal health; Performance indicators; Severe maternal morbidity

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL WELFARE; NOTE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; DATA COLLECTION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MATERNAL WELFARE; PREGNANCY; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 39049112940     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2007.00810.x     Document Type: Note

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