Why birthplace still matters for infants born before 32 weeks: Infant mortality associated with birth at 22-31 weeks' gestation in non-tertiary hospitals in Victoria over two decades

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 163-169

  Boland, Rosemarie Anne ^a,b,c   Dawson, Jennifer Anne ^a,b,d   Davis, Peter Graham ^a,d   Doyle, Lex William ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d ROYAL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

infant mortality; neonatal mortality; perinatal care; prematurity; very preterm infant

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIRTHPLACE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; LIVE BIRTH; MALE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; BIRTH WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOSPITAL; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PERINATAL MORTALITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; TRENDS;

BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIVE BIRTH; MALE; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREMATURE BIRTH; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; VICTORIA;

EID: 84928780809     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajo.12313     Document Type: Article

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