A Risk-Adjusted, Composite Outcomes Score and Resource Utilization Metrics for Very Low-Birth-Weight Infants | Zendy

Joseph W. Kaempf | Zendy; John A. F. Zupancic | Zendy; Lian Wang | Zendy; Gary L. Grunkemeier | Zendy

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A Risk-Adjusted, Composite Outcomes Score and Resource Utilization Metrics for Very Low-Birth-Weight Infants

Author(s) -

Joseph W. Kaempf,

John A. F. Zupancic,

Lian Wang,

Gary L. Grunkemeier

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

jama pediatrics

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 4.004

H-Index - 183

eISSN - 2168-6211

pISSN - 2168-6203

DOI - 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2014.3566

Subject(s) - medicine , gestational age , metric (unit) , intensive care , birth weight , low birth weight , quality management , pediatrics , retrospective cohort study , intensive care medicine , pregnancy , operations management , management system , genetics , economics , biology

It is difficult for neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) to determine the overall efficacy of multiple continuous quality improvement (CQI) projects aimed at reducing very low-birth-weight (VLBW) infant morbidities. It is challenging to know whether a NICU is becoming more proficient, and it is not usually apparent whether concurrent resource use is changing.

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