What about the mothers? An analysis of maternal mortality and morbidity in perinatal health surveillance systems in Europe

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 119, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 880-890

  Bouvier Colle, M H ^a   Mohangoo, A D ^b   Gissler, M ^c,d   Novak Antolic, Z ^e   Vutuc, C ^f   Szamotulska, K ^g   Zeitlin, J ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d NORDIC SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^f MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^g INSTITUTE OF MOTHER AND CHILD   (Poland)

Author keywords

European Union; hospital data; maternal mortality ratio; severe obstetric complications

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILDBIRTH; DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECLAMPSIA; EUROPE; EXTERNAL VALIDITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LIVE BIRTH; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MATERNAL WELFARE; MEDICAL AUDIT; NORWAY; OBSTETRIC HEMORRHAGE; PATIENT MONITORING; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; AMNION FLUID EMBOLISM; AUSTRIA; BLEEDING; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FRANCE; HEALTH DISPARITY; IMMIGRANT; NETHERLANDS; NOTE; PERINATAL CARE; POLAND; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84861091566     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2012.03330.x     Document Type: Article

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