Baby-MONITOR: A composite indicator of NICU quality

Pediatrics

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 74-82

  Profit, Jochen ^a,b   Kowalkowski, Marc A ^c   Zupancic, John A F ^d,e   Pietz, Kenneth ^f,g   Richardson, Peter ^f,g   Draper, David ^h,i   Hysong, Sylvia J ^d,e   Thomas, Eric J ^j   Petersen, Laura A ^d,e   Gould, Jeffrey B ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b California Perinatal Quality Care Collaborative   (United States)

^c LEVINE CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h University of California Santa Cruz   (United States)

ⁱ EBAY INC   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

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Author keywords

Infant; Newborn; Performance measurement; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

INFANT; NEWBORN; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT; QUALITY OF CARE;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; MALE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84904206869     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2013-3552     Document Type: Article

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