Outcome and hospital cost for infants weighing less than 500 grams: A tertiary centre experience in Taiwan

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 627-631

  Hsieh, Wu Shiun ^a   Jeng, Suh Fang ^b   Hung, Yi Li ^a   Chen, Pau Chung ^c   Chou, Hung Chieh ^a   Tsao, Po Nien ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Hospital cost; Morbidity; Preterm infant; Survival

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CHOLESTATIC HEPATITIS; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; EXPERIENCE; EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH BIRTH WEIGHT; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEONATAL RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAMPLE SIZE; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TAIWAN; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PALLIATIVE CARE; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, NEWBORN; RESUSCITATION; SURVIVAL RATE; TAIWAN;

EID: 34547675736     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2007.01137.x     Document Type: Article

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