Are outcomes and care processes for preterm neonates influenced by health insurance status?

Pediatrics

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 122-127

  Brandon, Gwieneverea D ^a,d   Adeniyi Jones, Susan ^b   Kirkby, Sharon ^b   Webb, David ^c   Culhane, Jennifer F ^c   Greenspan, Jay S ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Alere   (United States)

^c DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Complications; Gestational age; Infant newborn; Insurance; Length of stay; Outcomes assessment; Premature birth

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APGAR SCORE; APNEA; APNEA MONITORING; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CHILD CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DELIVERY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOME OXYGEN THERAPY; HUMAN; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LUNG DYSPLASIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL WELFARE; MEDICAID; MORTALITY; NECROTIZING COLITIS; NUTRITION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY CARE; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; SEPSIS; SURVIVOR; WEANING; WEIGHT GAIN;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; ENTEROCOLITIS, NECROTIZING; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LENGTH OF STAY; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MEDICAID; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT DISCHARGE; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 67649596080     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2008-1318     Document Type: Article

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