Pushing the boundaries of viability: The economic impact of extreme preterm birth

Early Human Development

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 77-84

  Petrou, Stavros ^a   Henderson, Jane ^a   Bracewell, Melanie ^b   Hockley, Christine ^a   Wolke, Dieter ^c,d   Marlow, Neil ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d Jacobs Foundation   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Costs and cost analysis; Economics; Infant; Newborn; Prematurity; Resource utilization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; IRELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

COHORT STUDIES; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; IRELAND; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 32544456147     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2006.01.002     Document Type: Article

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