The Cost of Poor Birth Outcomes in Employer-Sponsored Health Plans

Medical Care

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1219-1234

  Chollet, Deborah J ^a   Newman Jr , John F ^b   Sumner, Andrew T ^b  

^a ACADEMYHEALTH   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth outcomes; Employer health plans; Infant costs; Maternal costs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST; DELIVERY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; EMPLOYER HEALTH COSTS; FEMALE; HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS, EMPLOYEE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030330997     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-199612000-00007     Document Type: Article

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