Levels of neonatal care

Pediatrics

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 587-597

  Barfield, Wanda Denise ^a   Papile, Lu Ann ^g   Baley, Jill E ^g   Benitz, William ^g   Cummings, James ^g   Carlo, Waldemar A ^g   Kumar, Praveen ^g   Polin, Richard A ^g   Tan, Rosemarie C ^g   Watterberg, Kristi L ^g   Macones, George ^b   Jefferies, Ann L ^c   Mainous, Rosalie O ^d   Raju, Tonse N K ^e   Wang, Kasper S ^f   Couto, Jim ^g  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b AMERICAN COLLEGE OF OBSTETRICIANS AND GYNECOLOGISTS   (United States)

^c Canadian Pediatric Society   (Canada)

^d National Association of Neonatal Nurses   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^f Section on Surgery   (United States)

^g NONE

Author keywords

Health policy; High risk infant; Hospital newborn care services; Maternal and child health; Neonatal intensive care; Nurseries; Regionalization; Very low birth weight infant

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; NEWBORN CARE; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PEDIATRICIAN; PERINATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW;

CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84865715929     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2012-1999     Document Type: Review

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