Comparison of collaborative versus single-site quality improvement to reduce NICU length of stay

Pediatrics

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Lee, Henry C ^a,b   Bennett, Mihoko V ^a,b   Crockett, Margaret ^c   Gwiazdowski, Steven G ^d   Crowe, Ruth ^e   Keller, Heather ^b   Kurtin, Paul ^b   Mazzeo, Ann Marie ^f   Kuzniewicz, Michael ^g   Schulman, Joseph ^h   Sharek, Paul J ^a,b   Nisbet, Courtney C ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b California Perinatal Quality Care Collaborative   (United States)

^c Sutter Medical Center   (United States)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OAKLAND   (United States)

^e NorthBay Neonatology Assoc   (United States)

^f KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^g RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h California Department of Health Care Services   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; INTERSECTORAL COLLABORATION; NEWBORN; PREMATURITY; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; INTERSECTORAL COLLABORATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT;

EID: 85049582342     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2017-1395     Document Type: Article

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