Late preterm infants: Birth outcomes and health care utilization in the first year

Pediatrics

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Mac Bird, T ^a   Bronstein, Janet M ^b   Hall, Richard W ^a   Lowery, Curtis L ^c   Nugent, Richard ^d   Mays, Glen P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^d ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Health care utilization; Late preterm; Medicaid; Neonatal outcomes; Propensity score

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BIRTH CERTIFICATE; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DELIVERY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; SCORING SYSTEM; TERM BIRTH; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME;

EID: 77955499756     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2009-2869     Document Type: Article

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