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Healthc Manage Forum
; 19(2): 22-6, 2006.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-17017761
ABSTRACT
The Child Health Network for the Greater Toronto Area (CHN), a network of 20 hospitals and 9 community care access centres, assessed one component of its early progress in building a regionalized system of perinatal care. Focusing on the relationship between hospital level of care and gestational age, the study showed that most births occurred at appropriately designated facilities. However, a quarter of newborns of gestational age <32 weeks were delivered at a lower level of care than is considered optimal. CHN's ongoing research will offer opportunities to assess the impact of regional models on their foremost goal--quality clinical care.