Association of unit size, resource utilization and occupancy with outcomes of preterm infants

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 522-529

  Shah, P S ^a,b   Mirea, L ^a,b   Ng, E ^b   Solimano, A ^c   Lee, S K ^a,b  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN; VASCULOTROPIN ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LEUKOMALACIA; LUNG DYSPLASIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; OCCUPANCY RATE; OXYGEN SUPPLY; PERIVENTRICULAR LEUKOMALACIA; POST HOC ANALYSIS; PREMATURITY; RETINOPATHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; CANADA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL BED UTILIZATION; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; NEWBORN; ODDS RATIO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

BED OCCUPANCY; CANADA; FEMALE; HEALTH RESOURCES; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, EXTREMELY PREMATURE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT ADMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84933279736     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: 14765543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jp.2015.4     Document Type: Article

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