How long brithweight and gestational age contribute to increased inpatient costs for multiple births

Inquiry

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 325-339

  Ettner, Susan L ^a   Christiansen, Cindy L ^b   Callahan, Tamara L ^b   Hall, Janet E ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PREMATURE LABOR; ECONOMICS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HOSPITAL; INFANT MORTALITY; MATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

BOSTON; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL CHARGES; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALS, MATERNITY; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MULTIPLE BIRTH OFFSPRING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, HIGH-RISK;

EID: 0031283274     PISSN: 00469580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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