Impact of gestational age at delivery on the economics of triplet pregnancy

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 256-261

  Malone, Fergal D ^a,c   Chelmow, David ^b   Athanassiou, Achilles ^b   D'Alton, Mary E ^a  

^a Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center ^*  (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c New York Presbyterian Hospital Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost; Gestational age; Multiple gestation; Neonatal care; Triplet pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DELIVERY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BOSTON; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT CARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INPATIENTS; OUTPATIENTS; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; TRIPLETS;

EID: 0032706464     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767059909020495     Document Type: Article

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