Assessing trends in perinatology.
Hospital administrators must respond as the medical profession renews its efforts to reduce newborn mortality rates. Technological changes in the case of obstetric and newborn patients, pressures for the regionalization of service, and consumer demands for a more humane birth environment are factors the administrator must consider.
D003258:Consumer Behavior; D036861:Delivery, Obstetric; D005220:Fathers; D005260:Female; D006748:Hospital Departments / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006749:Hospital Design and Construction; D006752:Hospital Planning; D006801:Humans; D007226:Infant Mortality; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D009725:Nurseries, Hospital / Q000639:trends; D009775:Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000639:trends; D010500:Perinatology / Q000639:trends*; D011247:Pregnancy