Screening for inter-hospital differences in cesarean section rates in low-risk deliveries using administrative data: An initiative to improve the quality of care

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Aelvoet, Willem ^a,b,c   Windey, Francis ^a   Molenberghs, Geert ^d   Verstraelen, Hans ^e   Van Reempts, Patrick ^f   Foidart, Jean Michel ^g  

^a Federal Service of Health   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^d HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^e GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^f ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CESAREAN SECTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DELIVERY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; GESTATIONAL AGE; MALE; MANAGEMENT; MASS SCREENING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; BELGIUM; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MANAGEMENT AUDIT; MASS SCREENING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 40749139499     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-8-3     Document Type: Article

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