Daily cost prediction model in neonatal intensive care

International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 330-338

  Zupancic, John A F ^a   Richardson, Douglas K ^a   O'Brein, Bernie J ^b   Schmidt, Barabara ^b   Weinstein, Milton C ^c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Controlled clinical trials; Costs and cost analysis; Economics; Infant; Newborn; Resource utilization

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; COST ACCOUNTING; DATA ACQUISITION; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; PATIENT MONITORING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURGERY;

ANCILLARY COSTS;

HEALTH CARE;

INDOMETACIN;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PREDICTION; PREMATURITY; RANDOMIZATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

EID: 0037678434     PISSN: 02664623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266462303000291     Document Type: Article

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