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Variation in classification of live birth with newborn period death versus fetal death at the local level may impact reported infant mortality rate
BACKGROUND: To better understand factors that may impact infant mortality rates (IMR), we evaluated the consistency across birth hospitals in the classification of a birth event as either a fetal death or an early neonatal (infant) death using natality data from North Carolina for the years 1995–200...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2014
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4000129/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24755366 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2431-14-108 |