Outborns or Inborns: Where Are the Differences? A Comparison Study of Very Preterm Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Infants Cared for in Australia and New Zealand and in Canada

Background: Very preterm infants born outside tertiary centers are at higher risks of adverse outcomes than inborn infants. Regionalization of perinatal care has been introduced worldwide to improve outcomes. Objective: To compare the risk-adjusted outcomes of both inborn and outborn infants cared f...

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Veröffentlicht in:Neonatology (Basel, Switzerland) Switzerland), 2016-01, Vol.109 (1), p.76-84
Hauptverfasser: Hossain, Sadia, Shah, Prakesh S., Ye, Xiang Y., Darlow, Brian A., Lee, Shoo K., Lui, Kei
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Zusammenfassung:Background: Very preterm infants born outside tertiary centers are at higher risks of adverse outcomes than inborn infants. Regionalization of perinatal care has been introduced worldwide to improve outcomes. Objective: To compare the risk-adjusted outcomes of both inborn and outborn infants cared for in tertiary neonatal intensive care units in Australia and New Zealand and in Canada. Methods: Deidentified data of infants
ISSN:1661-7800
1661-7819
DOI:10.1159/000441272