Hospital volume and mortality of very low-birthweight infants in south america

Health Services Research

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1502-1521

  Wehby, George L ^a   Lopez Camelo, Jorge ^b   Castilla, Eduardo E ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b CEMIC   (Argentina)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^d Centro Nacional de Genetica Medica de Buenos Aires   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Child and adolescent health; hospitals; maternal and perinatal care and outcomes; pediatrics; quality of care patient safety (measurement); referrals and referral networks

Indexed keywords

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILE; DISEASE REGISTRY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PREMATURE LABOR; SOUTH AMERICA; SURVIVAL; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; VERY PRETERM BIRTH;

AREA UNDER CURVE; ARGENTINA; BRAZIL; CHILE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; REGISTRIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROC CURVE;

EID: 84863725628     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2012.01383.x     Document Type: Article

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