The Improved Perinatal Outcome Data Reports (IPODR) is produces by the California Department of Public Health are intended to provide information on which to base health planning and allocation decisions, and evaluation of these decisions. IPODR consists of a customized file derived from three different data sources:the California Birth/Death Vital Statistics (VS) published by the California Department of Public Health (CDPH), the Patient Discharge Data (PDD) published by the California Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development (OSHPD), geographic boundary files from the Tele Atlas Corporation.
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Website: http://www.ipodr.org/index.html
Category: Policy/Advocacy
Learn how Shabbir Ahmad of California Department of Public Health’s Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health (MCAH) Program is leading the State’s efforts to assess indicators of maternal morbidity and mortality and improve safe motherhood in California.