Neonatal Care

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Employment, Family Leave, and Parents of Newborns or Seriously Ill Children — Jan 1, 2012

Parents of newborns and seriously ill children often know about family leave options, but are too overwhelmed to apply for them. Most parents interviewed in this study wanted expert guidance and saw hospitals and clinics as promising information sources.

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Can Health Care Information Technology Save Babies? — Mar 31, 2011

Using a 12-year county-level panel, this study found that a 10 percent increase in births that occur in hospitals with electronic medical records reduces neonatal mortality by 16 deaths per 100,000 live births.

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RESEARCH BRIEF

Rural Hospitals Struggle to Attract Patients and Remain Viable — Oct 9, 2009

Describes the characteristics of rural hospitals and those who use them and discusses the challenges these hospitals face.

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PERIODICAL

RAND Review, Spring 2008: Baby Steps — Apr 30, 2008

The Spring 2008 issue of RAND Review compares neonatal services across the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Australia, and Sweden, discusses water resources management, U.S. policies in Asia, and political polarization.

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REPORT

The provision of neonatal services: Data for international comparisons — Dec 31, 2007

Gathers information on the provision of neonatal services in Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, the United States, Canada, Sweden and Australia. It was produced to support the National Audit Office’s Value for Money study of neonatal services in England. Therefore, the report aims to provide a compendium of relevant data to facilitate comparisons and benchmarking of neonatal services (organisation, statistics, and so on).

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RESEARCH BRIEF

Health System Reconstruction and Nation-Building — Feb 26, 2007

This research brief examines past attempts to rebuild public health and health care delivery systems during nation-building efforts after U.S. military deployments intended to underpin the transition to peace, democracy, and economic stability.

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JOURNAL ARTICLE

Quality-of-care Indicators for the Neurodevelopmental Follow-Up of Very Low Birth Weight Children: Results of an Expert Panel Process — Dec 31, 2005

To develop a set of quality indicators for the neurodevelopmental follow-up care of very low birth weight (VLBW; <1500 g) children

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• Children and Families Research Area

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Impact of Postpartum Hospital-Stay Legislation on Newborn Length of Stay, Readmission, and Mortality in California — Dec 31, 2005

The objectives of this study were to examine the impact of postpartum hospital-stay legislation on newborns' length of stay, neonatal readmissions, and 1-year mortality in California, and whether this legislation had differential impacts by demographics and complications during delivery or pregnancy.

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Mortality Among Very Low-Birthweight Infants in Hospitals Serving Minority Populations — Dec 31, 2004

The authors investigated whether the proportion of Black very low-birth-weight (VLBW) infants treated by hospitals is associated with neonatal mortality for Black and White VLBW infants.

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RESEARCH BRIEF

Is Patient Volume a Useful Quality Measure for Very Low Birthweight Infants? — Dec 31, 2003

The goal of the study was to assess how accurately patient volume predicts quality of care for VLBW infants and to compare volume with direct indicators, such as patient mortality.

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• Children and Families Research Area

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Fetal Infants: the fate of 4172 infants with birth weights of 401 to 500 grams, the Vermont Oxford Network experience (1996-2000) — Dec 31, 2003

There is very little information about long-term outcomes, as the medical and developmental status of few of these infants has been followed carefully.

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Variations in the Quality of Care for Very-Low-Birthweight Infants: Implications for Policy : Two Approaches Hold Promise for Improving U.S. Infant Mortality Rates, Which Are Among the Highest in the Industrialized World. — Dec 31, 2003

Much of the decline in childhood mortality over the past two decades is attributable to improvements in neonatal intensive care for very-low-birthweight infants.

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Marginal Increase in Cost and Excess Length of Stay Associated with Nosocomial Bloodstream Infections in Surviving Very Low Birth Weight Infants — Dec 31, 2003

Nosocomial bloodstream infections (NBIs) are associated with serious morbidity and prolonged length of stay (LOS) in very low birth weight (VLBW) infants.

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JOURNAL ARTICLE

Indirect Vs Direct Hospital Quality Indicators for Very Low-Birth Weight Infants — Dec 31, 2003

Evidence-based selective referral strategies are being used by an increasing number of insurers to ensure that medical care is provided by high-quality providers.

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JOURNAL ARTICLE

Los Anos De La Crisis: An Examination of Change in Differential Infant Mortality Risk Within Mexico — Dec 31, 2003

The main aim of the present analysis is to test the possibility that the period of economic hardship characterizing Mexico over the decade 1986*1996 has negatively influenced infant health outcomes.

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REPORT

Preventing Perinatal Transmission of HIV — Dec 31, 2002

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Using Economic Information in a Quality Improvement Collaborative — Dec 31, 2002

This article provides an overview of neonatal intensive care unit treatment costs for hospitals that participated in the Neonatal Intensive Care Quality Improvement Collaborative Year 2000 (NIC/Q 2000) quality improvement collaborative and discusses how economic information can be used in quality improvement efforts.

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JOURNAL ARTICLE

Guidelines for Palivizumab Prophylaxis: Are They Based on Infant's Risk of Hospitalization for Respiratory Syncytial Viral Disease? — Dec 31, 2002

Some discrepancies exist between the RSV prophylaxis guidelines and the published data on the level of risk of hospitalization for RSV disease by GA and lung disease.

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• Children and Families Research Area

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Postpartum Length of Stay and Newborn Health: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis — Dec 31, 2002

To evaluate the cost-effectiveness of increasing lengths of brief postpartum hospitalizations.

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JOURNAL ARTICLE

Economic Implications of Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Collaborative Quality Improvement — Dec 31, 2000

Cost savings may be achieved as a result of collaborative quality improvement efforts and when they occur, they appear to be sustainable, at least in the short run. In high-cost patient populations, such as infants with very low birth weights, cost savings can quickly offset institutional expenditures for quality improvement efforts.

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