Association between level of delivery hospital and neonatal outcomes among South Carolina medicaid recipients

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 183, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1504-1511

  Sanderson, Maureen ^a   Sappenfield, William M ^b   Jespersen, Kristen M ^a   Liu, Qiduan ^b   Baker, Samuel L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost of care; Length of stay; Medicaid; Neonatal mortality; Perinatal regionalization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DELIVERY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FETUS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INFANT; MEDICAID; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034526762     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mob.2000.107357     Document Type: Article

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