Utilization of Large Data Sets in Maternal Health in Finland: A Case for Global Health Research

Journal of Perinatal and Neonatal Nursing

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 236-243

  Lamminpaä, Reeta ^a   Gissler, Mika ^b,c,d   Vehvilaïnen Julkunen, Katri ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^e KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Big Data; Finnish Medical Birth Register; maternal health; register data

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DATA BASE; FINLAND; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MATERNAL CARE; NURSE RESEARCHER; NURSING; BIRTH CERTIFICATE; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICE; MATERNAL WELFARE; NURSING RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; UTILIZATION;

BIRTH CERTIFICATES; DATA COLLECTION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FEMALE; FINLAND; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; NURSING RESEARCH; PREGNANCY;

EID: 85027049401     PISSN: 08932190     EISSN: 15505073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JPN.0000000000000276     Document Type: Article

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