Regional quality assessment in perinatal care.
Quality assessment is essential in every sector of health care and, in modern regionalized perinatal care, continuous data should be collected at all levels to give a stable basis for this activity. The discussion of definitions and choice of indicators is in itself an activity that will increase awareness of quality. Modern computer facilities will simplify data storage and analysis, but do not change the need to use a limited number of well-validated and appropriate variables.
Lindmark
Gunilla
G
Department of Women's and Children's Health, Section for International Maternal and Child Health, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden. gunilla.lindmark@kbh.uu.se
Langhoff-Roos
Jens
J
D003625:Data Collection; D003906:Developing Countries; D005060:Europe; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007226:Infant Mortality; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D015931:Intensive Care, Neonatal / Q000592:standards*; D008429:Maternal Welfare; D008485:Medical Audit; D018743:Perinatal Care / Q000592:standards*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care; D012041:Regional Medical Programs / Q000592:standards*