Economics of prematurity in the era of managed care

Clinics in Perinatology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 483-497

  Zupancic, John A F ^a   Richardson, Douglas K ^b,c,d   Lee, Kimberly ^b,c   McCormick, Marie C ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST MINIMIZATION ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MANAGED CARE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; REVIEW;

EID: 0034089516     PISSN: 00955108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0095-5108(05)70032-4     Document Type: Article

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