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Methods Inf Med 1991; 30(02): 124-126
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1634821
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Controlled Trial on Medical Birth Notification Design

J. Teperi
1   Department of Public Health, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
,
M. Mäkelä
2   Research Institute for Social Security, Social Insurance Institution, Helsinki, Finland
,
E. Hemminki
1   Department of Public Health, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
› Author AffiliationsThis report was financially supported by the Finnish National Board of Health.
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07 February 2018 (online)

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Abstract

In a controlled trial, two different forms were compared with respect to thoroughness of completing medical data on procedures during pregnancy, labor, and in newborns. The contents of 547 forms filled in by hospital personnel were compared to data abstracted from hospital records by trained research assistants. Forms with open-ended questions lacked information on 29% of the most common procedures and forms with a check-box format 9%. The results support the use of the check-box format in routine collection of data on common medical procedures.

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Birth Certificate - Data Collection - Databases
 

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