California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative

The number per 1,000 livebirths of <1500g infants delivered at hospitals not appropriate for that size infant.

This measure identifies moderate and severe complications among term infants who enter labor without preexisting fetal conditions (morbidity outcome measure).  The scope of the measure includes both maternal and neonatal care and is appropriate for all levels of hospital care and is collected for a full year time period.  The measure is designed to highlight processes of both obstetric and neonatal care that can be improved while recognizing that not all complications can be avoided.  As an infant outcome measure it can also serve as a balancing measure for interventions targ