Variations in Costs for the Care of Low-Birth-Weight Infants Among Academic Hospitals

Objectives: To determine the relative role that academic hospitals (AHs) play in providing neonatal care for low-birth-weight infants within a single state and to determine if there are variations in inpatient costs for neonatal services among AHs. Design: Retrospective analysis of hospital costs fo...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Clinical pediatrics 2010-05, Vol.49 (5), p.443-449
Hauptverfasser:	Herrod, Henry G., Chang, Cyril F., Steinberg, Stephanie S.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Academic Medical Centers - economics Babies Birth Weight Cost-Benefit Analysis Critical Care - economics Critical Care - methods Databases, Factual Female Gestational Age Hospital Costs Hospital Mortality - trends Hospitals Humans Infant Care - economics Infant Mortality - trends Infant, Low Birth Weight Infant, Newborn Infant, Very Low Birth Weight Intensive Care Units, Neonatal - economics Length of Stay - economics Male Neonatal care Pediatrics Pregnancy Probability Reference Values Retrospective Studies Risk Factors United States
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Zusammenfassung:	Objectives: To determine the relative role that academic hospitals (AHs) play in providing neonatal care for low-birth-weight infants within a single state and to determine if there are variations in inpatient costs for neonatal services among AHs. Design: Retrospective analysis of hospital costs for low-birth-weight infants. Setting: Cases were identified using 2003-2005 data from the Tennessee Hospital Discharge Data System. A specific focus was discharge data from the 5 AHs that support obstetrical residencies and have a neonatal intensive care unit. Participants: Cases included all discharged infants with a birth weight of
ISSN:	0009-9228 1938-2707
DOI:	10.1177/0009922809341750