Decisions Required for Operating a Maternal Mortality Review Committee: The California Experience

Seminars in Perinatology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 37-41

  Main, Elliott K ^a,b  

^a CALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative   (United States)

Author keywords

Maternal mortality; Mortality review committee; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

CAUSE OF DEATH; CESAREAN SECTION; DECISION MAKING; DELIVERY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; OBSTETRIC HEMORRHAGE; OBSTETRICS; PATIENT SELECTION; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

ADVISORY COMMITTEES; CALIFORNIA; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MEDICAL AUDIT; OBSTETRICS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84856138097     PISSN: 01460005     EISSN: 1558075X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semperi.2011.09.008     Document Type: Review

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