Development and implementation of the first national data quality standards for population-based birth defects surveillance programs in the United States Health policies, systems and management in high-income countries

BMC Public Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Anderka, Marlene ^a   Mai, Cara T ^b   Romitti, Paul A ^c   Copeland, Glenn ^d   Isenburg, Jennifer ^b,e   Feldkamp, Marcia L ^f   Krikov, Sergey ^f   Rickard, Russel ^e   Olney, Richard S ^b   Canfield, Mark A ^g   Stanton, Carol ^h   Mosley, Bridget ⁱ   Kirby, Russell S ^j  

^a MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER ON BIRTH DEFECTS AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY HEALTH   (United States)

^e Carter Consulting ^*  (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES   (United States)

^h Texas Department of State Health Services Birth Defects Epidemiology and Surveillance Branch ^*  (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; PROCEDURES; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REGISTER; STANDARDS; TIME FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; DATA ACCURACY; DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; INFANT; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REGISTRIES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84941963621     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-015-2223-2     Document Type: Article

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