- Abstract:
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Background
Studies of maternal mortality have been shown to result in important improvements to women’s health. It is now recognised that in countries such as the UK, where maternal deaths are rare, the study of near-miss severe maternal morbidity provides additional information to aid disease prevention, treatment and service provision.
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To (1) estimate the incidence of specific near-miss morbidities; (2) assess the contribution of existing risk factors...
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- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher:
- National Institute for Health Research Publisher's website
- Volume:
- 4
- Issue:
- 9
- Publication date:
- 2016-06-05
- Acceptance date:
- 2016-01-05
- DOI:
- ISSN:
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2050-4322 and 2050-4330
- Pubs id:
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pubs:631692
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uri:16c9c54f-3554-40ad-b727-3e9f10ecd7b0
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- 2016
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- © Queen’s Printer and Controller of HMSO 2016. This work was produced by Knight et al. under the terms of a commissioning contract issued by the Secretary of State for Health. This issue may be freely reproduced for the purposes of private research and study and extracts (or indeed, the full report) may be included in professional journals provided that suitable acknowledgement is made and the reproduction is not associated with any form of advertising. Applications for commercial reproduction should be addressed to: NIHR Journals Library, National Institute for Health Research, Evaluation, Trials and Studies Coordinating Centre, Alpha House, University of Southampton Science Park, Southampton SO16 7NS, UK.
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Beyond maternal death: improving the quality of maternal care through national studies of ‘near-miss’ maternal morbidity
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