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California Perinatal Transport System (CPeTS) TRIPS Calculators

A web-based calculator to calculate the TRIPS score for a transferred infant can be found at the following URL. A mobile optimized calculator will automatically load if you use an iPhone or Android-based phone. Once loaded on your phone, we recommend you add an icon to your home screen to quickly access the calculator in the future.
http://www.health-info-solutions.com/CPQCC-CPeTS

California Vital Stats to Care Delivery Linkage

The full dataset is available from the California Healthcare Information Resource Center. It contains information on all California newborns and mothers from 1991 to 2007, including birth record, death record (if applicable), and inpatient/ER/Ambulatory hospital data.

This website provides the following documents in support of this dataset:
Background presentation from the 2009 California Planning and Development Conference (pdf)
List of variables in linked file (excel)
Coding changes 2004 to 2007 (excel)
Linkage documentation (pdf)

Probabilistic Linkage Results (excel)
1991 1992 1993 1994
1995 1996 1997 1998
1999 2000 2001 2002
2003 2004 2005 2006

Western Users of SAS Software 2009 Presentations

Web-Based Integration of Data Collection and Reporting (powerpoint slides)
Web-Based Integration of Data Collection and Reporting (pdf paper)

Cesarean Research Documents

Risk adjusted C-section rates for California hospitals
Technical documentation for C-section study