Monitoring childbirth morbidity using hospital discharge data: Further development and application of a composite measure

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 211, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 268.e1-268.e16

  Korst, Lisa M ^a   Fridman, Moshe ^b   Lu, Michael C ^c,g   Mitchell, Connie ^e   Lawton, Elizabeth ^f   Griffin, Flojaune ^f   Gregory, Kimberly D ^c,d,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b AMF Consulting   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d BURNS AND ALLEN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e Office of Health Equity California Department of Public Health   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

administrative data; childbirth morbidity; composite morbidity; quality monitoring

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILDBIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LIVE BIRTH; LOW RISK POPULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADMINISTRATIVE DATA; CHILDBIRTH MORBIDITY; COMPOSITE MORBIDITY; QUALITY MONITORING;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MORBIDITY; PARTURITION; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PREGNANCY;

EID: 85058204951     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: 10976868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2014.03.011     Document Type: Article

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