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National Birth Defects Prevention Network. 2017. World Birth Defects Day. Houston, TX: National Birth Defects Prevention Network, multiple items.

National Birth Defects Prevention Network. 2015. Birth defects surveillance systems: NBDPN data quality assessment report summary. Houston, TX: National Birth Defects Prevention Network, 3 pp.

Annotation: This report summarizes an assessment of population-based birth defects surveillance systems based on responses to a data quality self-assessment tool submitted by state programs. Contents include information about quality indicators developed around completeness, timeliness, and accuracy of data and performance levels associated with each indicator. Topics include program-specific performance scores with comparative national percentages, and next steps.

Keywords: Congenital anomalies, Data, Measures, Outcome and process assessment, Population surveillance, Quality assurance, Standards, State programs, Systems development

   

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