California pregnancy-associated mortality review: Mixed methods approach for improved case identification, cause of death analyses and translation of findings

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 518-526

  Mitchell, Connie ^a,b   Lawton, Elizabeth ^b   Morton, Christine ^c   McCain, Christy ^d   Holtby, Sue ^d   Main, Elliott ^e  

^a Office of Health Equity California Department of Public Health   (United States)

^b California Department of Public Health   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Public Health Institute   (United States)

^e CALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Maternal mortality; Mortality review; Pregnancy related deaths; Quality improvement; Surveillance systems; Vital statistics

Indexed keywords

CAUSE OF DEATH; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MEDICAL AUDIT; PREGNANCY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TRENDS; UNITED STATES;

CALIFORNIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL DEATH; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MEDICAL AUDIT; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT;

EID: 84896489080     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-013-1267-0     Document Type: Review

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