Examining the "Cost" of Substance Abuse in Pregnancy: Patient Outcomes and Resource Utilization

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 384-388

  Stichler, Jaynelle F ^a   Weiss, Marianne ^b,d   Wight, Nancy E ^c  

^a Stichler Group   (United States)

^b SHARP HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^c Sharp Mary Birch Hospital for Women   (United States)

^d MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MORBIDITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY, HIGH-RISK; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0032163893     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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