Neonatal mortality: description and effect of hospital of birth after risk adjustment Mortalidade neonatal: descrição e efeito do hospital de nascimento após ajuste de risco

• Main Authors: Aluísio J D Barros (Author), Alicia Matijasevich (Author), Iná S Santos (Author), Elaine P Albernaz (Author), Cesar G Victora (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo, 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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OBJECTIVE: To assess the effect of hospital of birth on neonatal mortality. METHODS: A birth cohort study was carried out in Pelotas, Southern Brazil, in 2004. All hospital births were assessed by daily visits to all maternity hospitals and 4558 deliveries were included in the study. Mothers were in...