Has Quality Improvement Really Improved Outcomes for Babies in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit?

Clinics in Perinatology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 469-483

  Spitzer, Alan R ^a  

^a PEDIATRIX MEDICAL GROUP   (United States)

Author keywords

Babies; Neonatal intensive care unit; NICU; Outcomes; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

BREAST FEEDING; HIGH FREQUENCY VENTILATION; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INFANT; NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; NEONATOLOGY; NEWBORN; STANDARDS;

HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; NEONATOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 85021826134     PISSN: 00955108     EISSN: 15579840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clp.2017.04.005     Document Type: Review

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