Identifying quality improvement opportunities in a universal newborn hearing screening program

Pediatrics

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Deem, Kenneth C ^a   Diaz Ordaz, Ernesto A ^a   Shiner, Brian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH POLICY AND CLINICAL PRACTICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Early intervention; Health care quality, access, and evaluation; Hearing loss; Neonatal screening; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDIOLOGIST; AUDITORY SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DOCUMENTATION; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEARING AID; HEARING LOSS; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; NURSE; NURSERY; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 84855268774     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2011-0912     Document Type: Article

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