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| Lingua | Italian |
|---|---|
| Pagine | 160-166 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Rivista | Epidemiologia e prevenzione |
| Volume | 42 |
| Publication status | Published - 2018 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Epidemiology
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
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A composite indicator for maternity hospital classification. / Ferrante, Mauro; Ettore, Giuseppe; Scondotto, Salvatore; Fantaci, Giovanna.
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TY - JOUR
T1 - A composite indicator for maternity hospital classification
AU - Ferrante, Mauro
AU - Ettore, Giuseppe
AU - Scondotto, Salvatore
AU - Fantaci, Giovanna
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - OBJECTIVES: to propose a composite indicator for maternity hospital classification. DESIGN: descriptive analysis of maternity hospitals through a composite indicator and analysis of its association with infant readmissions within 30 days from the childbirth. SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS: 56 maternity units in Sicily, accounting for 44.436 newborns in 2014. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: infant readmission rates within 30 days from the childbirth. RESULTS: low-level hospitals show higher infant readmission rates (odds ratio: 1.3) which may be seen as a signal of inappropriateness of maternity care. CONCLUSIONS: the proposed indicator allows for a classification of maternity hospitals taking into account for different dimensions of the quality of care; it allows the identification of critical signals related to the considered dimensions.
AB - OBJECTIVES: to propose a composite indicator for maternity hospital classification. DESIGN: descriptive analysis of maternity hospitals through a composite indicator and analysis of its association with infant readmissions within 30 days from the childbirth. SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS: 56 maternity units in Sicily, accounting for 44.436 newborns in 2014. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: infant readmission rates within 30 days from the childbirth. RESULTS: low-level hospitals show higher infant readmission rates (odds ratio: 1.3) which may be seen as a signal of inappropriateness of maternity care. CONCLUSIONS: the proposed indicator allows for a classification of maternity hospitals taking into account for different dimensions of the quality of care; it allows the identification of critical signals related to the considered dimensions.
KW - Composite indicator; Healthcare services evaluation; Maternity hospital; Regionalization; Epidemiology; Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10447/294519
UR - http://www.epiprev.it/archivio
M3 - Article
VL - 42
SP - 160
EP - 166
JO - Epidemiologia e prevenzione
T2 - Epidemiologia e prevenzione
JF - Epidemiologia e prevenzione
SN - 1120-9763
ER -