Reviewing performance of birth certificate and hospital discharge data to identify births complicated by maternal diabetes

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 660-666

  Devlin, Heather M ^a   Desai, Jay ^a   Walaszek, Anne ^a  

^a MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth certificates; Gestational diabetes mellitus; Hospital discharge data; Prepregnancy diabetes mellitus; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

BIRTH CERTIFICATE; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATERNAL DIABETES MELLITUS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VALIDITY;

BIRTH CERTIFICATES; DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; PATIENT DISCHARGE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN DIABETICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 68349104244     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-008-0390-9     Document Type: Review

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