Counting every stillbirth and neonatal death through mortality audit to improve quality of care for every pregnant woman and her baby

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 15, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Kerber, Kate J ^a   Mathai, Matthews ^b   Lewis, Gwyneth ^c   Flenady, Vicki ^d   Erwich, Jan Jaap H M ^e   Segun, Tunde ^f   Aliganyira, Patrick ^g   Abdelmegeid, Ali ^h   Allanson, Emma ^b,i   Roos, Nathalie ^b   Rhoda, Natasha ^j   Lawn, Joy E ^a,k   Pattinson, Robert ^l  

^a SAVE THE CHILDREN   (United States)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^f Evidence for Action   (Nigeria)

^g SAVE THE CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^h JHPIEGO   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^k LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^l UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

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Author keywords

Healthworker; Maternal; Medical audit; Midwives; Mortality; Neonatal death; Quality of care; Stillbirth

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DATA ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MATERNAL CHILD HEALTH CARE; MATERNAL DEATH; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DEATH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PERINATAL MORTALITY AUDIT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANT WOMAN; QUALITY CONTROL; STILLBIRTH; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; AFRICA; ASIA; CLINICAL AUDIT; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; LEADERSHIP; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERINATAL DEATH; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; STANDARDS;

AFRICA; ASIA; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTHCARE FINANCING; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEADERSHIP; MATERNAL DEATH; MEDICAL AUDIT; PERINATAL DEATH; PERINATAL MORTALITY; POSTNATAL CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; STILLBIRTH;

EID: 84978033633     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-15-S2-S9     Document Type: Article

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