Hospital costs and quality of life during 4 years after very preterm birth

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 164, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 657-663

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

^a TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE REGISTRY; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FINLAND; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 77954377439     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 15383628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpediatrics.2010.99     Document Type: Article

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