The children's hospitals neonatal database: An overview of patient complexity, outcomes and variation in care

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 582-586

  Murthy, K ^a   Dykes, F D ^b   Padula, M A ^c   Pallotto, E K ^d   Reber, K M ^e   Durand, D J ^f   Short, B L ^g   Asselin, J M ^f   Zaniletti, I ^h   Evans, J R ^c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d CHILDREN S MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OAKLAND   (United States)

^g GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^h CHILDREN S HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Children's Hospitals Neonatal Consortium (CHNC); levels of neonatal care; neonatal intensive care unit (NICU); outcomes; practice variation; regional NICU

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILDREN HOSPITAL NEONATAL DATABASE; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; CONGENITAL DIAPHRAGM HERNIA; DATA BASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; GASTROINTESTINAL MALFORMATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HUMAN; HYPOXIC ISCHEMIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FACTUAL DATABASE; HOSPITAL; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

DATABASES, FACTUAL; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84905263282     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: 14765543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jp.2014.26     Document Type: Article

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