2008 Niday perinatal database quality audit: Report of a quality assurance project

Chronic Diseases in Canada

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 32-42

  Dunn, S ^a,b   Bottomley, J ^c   Ali, A ^d   Walker, M ^a,e,f,g  

^a Better Outcomes Registry and Network (BORN) Ontario   (Canada)

^b Champlain Maternal Newborn Regional Program (CMNRP)   (Canada)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d Ottawa Public Health   (Canada)

^e OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Audit; Data quality; Quality assurance; Reliability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; FACTUAL DATABASE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL RECORD; PERINATAL CARE; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARD;

CANADA; DATA COLLECTION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS; PERINATAL CARE; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 83455162313     PISSN: 02288699     EISSN: 14818523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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