Do practicing clinicians agree with expert ratings of neonatal intensive care unit quality measures?

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 247-252

  Kowalkowski, M ^a,b   Gould, J B ^c,d   Bose, C ^e   Petersen, L A ^a,b   Profit, J ^a,b,f  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c California Perinatal Quality Care Collaborative   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

composite indicator; infant; measurement; newborn; quality of health care

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ARTICLE; BREAST MILK; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELPHI STUDY; FACE VALIDITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GROWTH RATE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NEWBORN ASSESSMENT; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN MONITORING; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PRIVATE PRACTICE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; FACULTY, MEDICAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; NEONATOLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84859421665     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: 14765543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jp.2011.199     Document Type: Article

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