Morbidities and hospital resource use during the first 3 years of life among very preterm infants

Pediatrics

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 128-134

  Korvenranta, Emmi ^a   Lehtonen, Liisa ^a   Peltola, Mikko ^b   Häkkinen, Unto ^b   Andersson, Sture ^c   Gissler, Mika ^b   Hallman, Mikko ^d   Leipälä, Jaana ^b   Rautava, Liisi ^a   Tammela, Outi ^e   Linna, Miika ^a  

^a TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^e TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Chronic illness; Health care use; Length of stay; Rehospitalization; Very low birth weight

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLINDNESS; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEARING LOSS; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSTRUCTIVE AIRWAY DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT CARE; PREMATURITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL; VISUAL DISORDER;

AMBULATORY CARE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHRONIC DISEASE; FINLAND; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; LENGTH OF STAY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT READMISSION; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 67649574762     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2008-1378     Document Type: Article

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