Does after-hours in-house senior physician cover improve standard of care and outcomes in high-risk preterm neonates? A retrospective cohort study

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 795-801

  Resnick, Steven ^a,b   Jacques, Angela ^c   Patole, Sanjay ^a,b   Simmer, Karen ^a,b  

^a KING EDWARD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c Women and Infants Research Foundation   (Australia)

Author keywords

after hour; neonate; outcome; physician cover

Indexed keywords

SURFACTANT;

ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IN HOUSE SENIOR PHYSICIAN COVER ROSTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AFTER-HOURS CARE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PREMATURE BIRTH; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 81455135610     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2011.02028.x     Document Type: Article

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