Beyond the numbers: Classifying contributory factors and potentially avoidable maternal deaths in New Zealand, 2006-2009

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 205, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 331.e1-331.e8

  Farquhar, Cynthia ^a,c   Sadler, Lynn ^a,d   Masson, Vicki ^a,c   Bohm, Gillian ^b   Haslam, Alastair ^e  

^a Perinatal and Maternal Mortality Review Committee   (New Zealand)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^d AUCKLAND DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD   (New Zealand)

^e WAIKATO HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Maternal death; Mortality review; Potentially avoidable factors; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NEW ZEALAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; FEMALE; MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NEW ZEALAND; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84855162322     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: 10976868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2011.07.044     Document Type: Article

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