He Tamariki Kokoti Tau-Tackling Preterm: a data-linkage methodology to explore the clinical care pathway in preterm deliveries.
Sara K FilocheFiona CramAngela BeardDalice SimStacie GellerLiza EdmondsBridget RobsonBeverley LawtonPublished in: BMC health services research (2018)
Our data-linkage methodology optimises the utility of New Zealand health collections to address a significant health issue. Our findings will fill the information gaps around the burden of preterm delivery by quantifying the incidence of preterm delivery and adverse neonatal and infant outcomes in Aotearoa New Zealand. It will explore access to evidenced based care including use of steroids before birth, and appropriate place of delivery. The results from this study will inform maternity care services to improve management of preterm deliveries - both locally and internationally. This in turn will improve the preterm sequela by reducing the long-term health burden and health inequities.
Keyphrases
- healthcare
- low birth weight
- gestational age
- preterm birth
- public health
- mental health
- health information
- palliative care
- preterm infants
- quality improvement
- risk factors
- pain management
- primary care
- emergency department
- genome wide
- affordable care act
- machine learning
- pregnant women
- human immunodeficiency virus
- hiv testing
- living cells
- single molecule
- quantum dots
- health insurance
- cerebrospinal fluid
- men who have sex with men