Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10515932 | Midwifery | 2010 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
the TGCS can be used in a novel way, that is, to examine an outcome other than caesarean section, and could be part of a new system to monitor patient safety. Population-based data were used as an example of how an existing classification system could be used in a different way from that for which it was created, and could make comparisons across institutions and countries while adjusting for case mix in a simple manner. The TGCS may not necessarily be a useful way to monitor other events in childbirth. Further work is needed to develop other classification systems which could be used as a benchmarking tools to monitor patient safety in maternity care.
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Authors
Caroline S.E. (Professor of Midwifery and Director of the Centre for Midwifery, Child and Family Health, and Visiting Academic at National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit), Jennifer J. (Reader in Perinatal Epidemiology & Deputy Director),