Claims for compensation after alleged birth asphyxia: A nationwide study covering 15 years

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 152-158

  Andreasen, Stine ^a,b   Backe, Bjørn ^c   Øian, P̊al ^b,d  

^a NORDLAND HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Asphyxia; fetal monitoring; human error; obstetrics; system failure

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPENSATION; COURT; DEATH; DELIVERY; FEMALE; FETUS MONITORING; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; LAW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICATION ERROR; MIDWIFE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEWBORN; OBSTETRICIAN; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERINATAL ASPHYXIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE;

ASPHYXIA; FETAL MONITORING; HUMAN ERROR; OBSTETRICS; SYSTEM FAILURE;

APGAR SCORE; ASPHYXIA NEONATORUM; COHORT STUDIES; COMPENSATION AND REDRESS; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; FETAL MONITORING; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; MALE; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL ERRORS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NORWAY; PREGNANCY; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84892824820     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aogs.12276     Document Type: Article

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