Measuring maternal morbidity in routinely collected health data: Development and validation of a maternal morbidity outcome indicator

Medical Care

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 786-794

  Roberts, Christine L ^a,b   Cameron, Carolyn A ^a   Bell, Jane C ^a,b   Algert, Charles S ^a,b   Morris, Jonathan M ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Maternal morbidity; Medical records; Record linkage; Sensitivity and specificity; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILDBIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAMPLING; VALIDATION STUDY; AUSTRALIA; CLASSIFICATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MEDICAL RECORD; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; NEW SOUTH WALES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 44449133938     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e318178eae4     Document Type: Article

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