What factors predict differences in infant and perinatal mortality in primary care trusts in England? A prognostic model

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 339, Issue 7717, 2009, Pages 377-380

  Freemantle, Nick ^a   Wood, J ^b   Griffin, C ^c   Gill, P ^a   Calvert, M J ^a   Shankar, A ^d   Chambers, J ^e   MacArthur, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c Sandwell Primary Care Trust   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e Heart of Birmingham PCT ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; CHINESE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INDIAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; NEWBORN; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGNOSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69449093997     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.b2892     Document Type: Article

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