Baby-MONITOR: A Composite Indicator of NICU Quality
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Baby-MONITOR: a composite indicator of NICU quality.
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES NICUs vary in the quality of care delivered to very low birth weight (VLBW) infants. NICU performance on 1 measure of quality only modestly predicts performance on others. Composite measurement of quality of care delivery may provide a more comprehensive assessment of quality. The objective of our study was to develop a robust composite indicator of quality of NICU car...
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عنوان ژورنال: PEDIATRICS
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0031-4005,1098-4275
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2013-3552