The role of healthcare delivery in the outcome of meningococcal disease in children: case-control study of fatal and non-fatal cases

Ninis, Nelly; Phillips, Claire; Bailey, Linda; Pollock, Jon; Nadel, Simon; Britto, Joseph; Maconochie, Ian; P Winrow, A; G. Coen, Pietro; Booy, Robert; Levin, Michael

doi:10.1136/bmj.330.7506.1475

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The role of healthcare delivery in the outcome of meningococcal disease in children: case-control study of fatal and non-fatal cases

Published in BMJ • Jun 23, 2005

Authors:

Nelly Ninis

Claire Phillips

Linda Bailey

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To determine whether suboptimal management in hospital could contribute to poor outcome in children admitted with meningococcal disease. DESIGN: Case-control study of childhood deaths from meningococcal disease, comparing hospital care in fatal and non-fatal cases. SETTING: National stati...

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Medicine

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Meningococcal disease

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