The association between hospital obstetric volume and perinatal outcomes in California

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 207, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 478.e1-478.e7

  Snowden, Jonathan M ^a   Cheng, Yvonne W ^b   Kontgis, Caitlin P ^c   Caughey, Aaron B ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

asphyxia; health care systems; health facility size; neonatal mortality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LIVE BIRTH; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERINATAL ASPHYXIA; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL HEALTH CARE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84869422183     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: 10976868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2012.09.029     Document Type: Article

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