The evaluation of Regionalized Perinatal Health Care Programs.
A survey, conducted in the summer of 1974, to determine the extent of regionalized perinatal care in the United States revealed 28 states to have programs in operation. Evaluation was a common concern of these programs. A model for the evaluation of Regionalized Perinatal Care Programs is presented here with the North Carolina program used as an example. Evaluation was mandated as an integral component of the program in North Carolina, and this model has been developed in response to that mandate.
D001724:Birth Weight; D002662:Child Health Services / Q000592:standards*; D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D005865:Gestational Age; D006761:Hospitals / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D007226:Infant Mortality; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008427:Maternal Health Services / Q000592:standards*; D009657:North Carolina; D011247:Pregnancy; D012041:Regional Medical Programs / Q000592:standards*; D014481:United States