For every dollar spent — the cost-savings argument for prenatal care

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 331, Issue 19, 1994, Pages 1303-1307

  Huntington, Jane ^a   Connell, Frederick A ^b  

^a CENTER FOR HEALTH STUDIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

COST SAVINGS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; POSTNATAL CARE; PRENATAL CARE; RESEARCH DESIGN; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0028072150     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199411103311910     Document Type: Editorial

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