Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM) Special Report: Current approaches to measuring quality of care in obstetrics

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 215, Issue 3, 2016, Pages B8-B16

  Bailit, Jennifer L ^a   Gregory, Kimberly D ^a   Srinivas, Sindhu ^a   Westover, Thomas ^a   Grobman, William A ^a   Saade, George R ^a  

^a Society for Maternal Fetal Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

measurement; obstetrics; quality; safety

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; OBSTETRICS; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS;

FEMALE; HUMANS; OBSTETRICS; PREGNANCY; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIETIES;

EID: 84991823826     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: 10976868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2016.06.048     Document Type: Article

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