Differential misclassification of confounders in comparative evaluation of hospital care quality: Caesarean sections in Italy

BMC Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Di Martino, Mirko ^a   Fusco, Danilo ^a   Colais, Paola ^a   Pinnarelli, Luigi ^a   Davoli, Marina ^a   Perucci, Carlo Alberto ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Italy)

^b National Agency for Regional Health Services   (Italy)

Author keywords

Caesarean section; Comparative effectiveness research; Differential misclassification of confounders; Hospital care quality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ITALY; MIDDLE AGED; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; STANDARDS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; ITALY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84940516532     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-1049     Document Type: Article

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