Health and the use of health care services in 5-year-old very-low-birth-weight infants

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 99, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1073-1079

  Rautava, L ^a   Hakkinen U ^b   Korvenranta, E ^a   Andersson, S ^c   Gissler, M ^b   Hallman, M ^d   Korvenranta, H ^a   Leipala J ^b   Peltola, M ^a   Tammela, O ^e   Lehtonen, L ^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

Follow up; Morbidity; Preterm infants; Regionalization; Resource use

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PREMATURITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTER; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FINLAND; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MORBIDITY; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 77953179926     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2010.01737.x     Document Type: Article

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