Assessment of surfactant use in preterm infants as a marker of neonatal intensive care unit quality

• Main Authors: Lorch Scott A (Author), Kaplan Heather C (Author), Pinto-Martin Jennifer (Author), Putt Mary (Author), Silber Jeffrey H (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Proposed neonatal quality measures have included structural measures such as average daily census, and outcome measures such as mortality and rates of complications of prematurity. However, process measures have remained largely unex...