Neonatology has always been a bargain - Even when we weren't very good at it!

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 659-663

  Buchh, Basharat ^a   Graham, Neil ^a   Harris, Barbara ^a   Sims, Sherrol ^a   Corpuz, Maria ^a   Lantos, John ^a   Meadow, William ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost analysis; Ethics; Neonatal intensive care units; Neonatology; Prematurity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; NEONATOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; SURVIVOR; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

CHICAGO; CRITICAL CARE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INFANT, EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; LENGTH OF STAY; NEONATOLOGY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 34247471201     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2007.00247.x     Document Type: Article

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