American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 200, Issue 6 , Pages 681.e1-681.e7, June 2009

Global measures of quality- and patient safety-related childbirth outcomes: should we monitor adverse or ideal rates?

Presented at the 75th Annual Meeting of the Pacific Coast Obstetrical and Gynecological Society, Victoria, BC, Canada, Oct. 15-19, 2008.

  • Kimberly D. Gregory, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department Obstetrics and Gynecology, Burns Allen Research Institute, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, David Geffen School of Medicine, and the Department of Community Health Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, School of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA
    • ,
  • Moshe Fridman, PhD

      Affiliations

    • AMF Consulting, Los Angeles, CA
    • ,
  • Sonal Shah, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department Obstetrics and Gynecology, Burns Allen Research Institute, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
    • ,
  • Lisa M. Korst, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA.

Received 15 August 2008; received in revised form 31 December 2008; accepted 26 February 2009.

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 Cite this article as: Gregory KD, Fridman M, Shah S, et al. Global measures of quality- and patient safety-related childbirth outcomes: should we monitor adverse or ideal rates? Am J Obstet Gynecol 2009;200:681.e1-681.e7.

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PII: S0002-9378(09)00224-5

doi:10.1016/j.ajog.2009.02.033

American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 200, Issue 6 , Pages 681.e1-681.e7, June 2009

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