Evaluation of neonatal intensive care for extremely-low-birth-weight infants

Seminars in Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 139-145

  Doyle, Lex W ^a,b  

^a ROYAL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Availability; Effectiveness; Efficiency; Evaluation; Extremely low birth weight; Infant; Neonatal intensive care

Indexed keywords

ASSISTED VENTILATION; AUSTRALIA; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; DISABILITY; EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PERINATAL CARE; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; REVIEW; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME;

EID: 33644515335     PISSN: 1744165X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.siny.2005.11.009     Document Type: Article

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