The Impact of Preterm Birth on Hospital Inpatient Admissions and Costs during the First 5 Years of Life

Pediatrics

Volumn 112, Issue 6 I, 2003, Pages 1290-1297

  Petrou, Stavros ^a   Mehta, Ziyah ^a   Hockley, Christine ^a   Cook Mozaffari, Paula ^a   Henderson, Jane ^a   Goldacre, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Admissions; Costs; Preterm birth; Resource utilization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL UTILIZATION; INFANT MORTALITY; MATERNAL AGE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GESTATIONAL AGE; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; PATIENT ADMISSION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0346850820     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.112.6.1290     Document Type: Article

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