Referral of very low birth weight infants to high-risk follow-up at neonatal intensive care unit discharge varies widely across California

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 166, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 289-295

  Hintz, Susan R ^a,b   Gould, Jeffrey B ^a,b,c   Bennett, Mihoko V ^a,c   Gray, Erika E ^a,b   Kagawa, Kimie J ^d   Schulman, Joseph ^a,d   Murphy, Barbara ^c   Villarin Duenas, Grace ^c   Lee, Henry C ^a,c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b California Perinatal Quality Care Collaborative   (United States)

^c CPQCC   (United States)

^d Children's Medical Services   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HIGH RISK INFANT; HISPANIC; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; NEWBORN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CALIFORNIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84921454220     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: 10976833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2014.10.038     Document Type: Article

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