Internal validity of the Swedish maternal health care register

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Petersson, Kerstin ^a   Persson, Margareta ^b   Lindkvist, Marie ^c   Hammarström, Margareta ^d   Nilses, Carin ^e   Haglund, Ingrid ^f   Skogsdal, Yvonne ^g   Mogren, Ingrid ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b DALARNA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^e Vasternorrland County Council   (Sweden)

^f Primary Health Care Parental and Child Health Care   (Sweden)

^g Child Health Care Unit   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Antenatal care; Degree of coverage; Medical records; National quality register; Pregnancy outcomes; Validity

Indexed keywords

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD; PREGNANCY; REGISTER; STANDARDS; SWEDEN; VALIDATION STUDY;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MEDICAL RECORDS; PREGNANCY; REGISTRIES; SWEDEN;

EID: 84906931491     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-14-364     Document Type: Article

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