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Improving Maternal Care with a Continuous Quality Improvement Strategy: A Report from the Interventions to Minimize Preterm and Low Birth Weight Infants through Continuous Improvement Techniques (IMPLICIT) Network

Ian M. Bennett, Andrew Coco, Janice Anderson, Michael Horst, Angela S. Gambler, Wendy Brooks Barr and Stephen Ratcliffe
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine July 2009, 22 (4) 380-386; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2009.04.090111
Ian M. Bennett
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Andrew Coco
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Janice Anderson
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Michael Horst
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Angela S. Gambler
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Wendy Brooks Barr
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    Study overview and conceptual model for continuous quality improvement program of maternal care delivery.

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    Proportion of study participants per yearly quarter with documentation of specific prenatal interventions.

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    P-charts of prenatal depression screening, screening for smoking, and contraception planning.

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    IMPLICIT Network Sites and Study Participants

    LocationParticipants (n = 3936)CityState
    Beth Israel Family Medicine Residency184New YorkNY
    Chestnut Hill Family Medicine Residency275PhiladelphiaPA
    Forbes Family Medicine Residency290MonroevillePA
    Good Samaritan Hospital Family Medicine Residency371LebanonPA
    Lancaster General Hospital Family Medicine Residency609LancasterPA
    UPMC—McKeesport Family Medicine Residency487McKeesportPA
    UPMC—Shadyside Family Medicine Residency491PittsburghPA
    UPMC—St. Margaret Family Medicine Residency407PittsburghPA
    Wellspan326YorkPA
    Williamsport Family Medicine Residency496WilliamsportPA
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    Characteristics of Women in the Study

    CharacteristicWomen at All Sites (n = 3936)
    Maternal age (mean years)24.1
    Gestational age (mean weeks)38.7
    Medicaid insurance (%)77
    Race/ethnicity (%)
        White49
        Black34
        Latina15
    Preterm birth rate11
    Cesarean section rate21
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Ian M. Bennett, Andrew Coco, Janice Anderson, Michael Horst, Angela S. Gambler, Wendy Brooks Barr, Stephen Ratcliffe
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Jul 2009, 22 (4) 380-386; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2009.04.090111

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Ian M. Bennett, Andrew Coco, Janice Anderson, Michael Horst, Angela S. Gambler, Wendy Brooks Barr, Stephen Ratcliffe
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Jul 2009, 22 (4) 380-386; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2009.04.090111
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