Thp cost of prematurity: Hospital charges at birth and frequency of rehospitalizations and acute care visits over the first year of life

American Journal of Nursing

Volumn 105, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 56-64

  Cuevas, Katherine D ^a   Silver, Debra R ^b   Brooten, Dorothy ^c   Youngblut, Joanne M ^c   Bobo, Charles M ^c  

^a VITAS Innovative Hospice Care   (United States)

^b St Mary's Medical Center   (United States)

^c FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRTH WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MATERNAL AGE; NEWBORN; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL CARE; REVIEW;

BIRTH WEIGHT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MATERNAL AGE; PATIENT READMISSION; PRENATAL CARE;

EID: 22144457535     PISSN: 0002936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000446-200507000-00031     Document Type: Review

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