Current state of high-risk infant follow-up care in the United States: Results of a national survey of academic follow-up programs

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 293-298

  Kuppala, V S ^a   Tabangin, M ^b   Haberman, B ^a   Steichen, J ^a   Yolton, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

follow up programs; high risk infants; national data bank; national survey; premature infants

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DEVELOPMENTAL SCREENING; EARLY INTERVENTION; FUNDING; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HIGH RISK INFANT FOLLOW UP PROGRAM; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NEONATOLOGY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NUTRITION SERVICE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PARAMEDICAL EDUCATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERSONNEL SHORTAGE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; UNITED STATES;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; AFTERCARE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CAPITAL FINANCING; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FELLOWSHIPS AND SCHOLARSHIPS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; NEONATOLOGY; OHIO; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PEDIATRICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84859426605     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: 14765543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jp.2011.97     Document Type: Article

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