Journal Article
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.
Journal Article
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.
Journal Article
Ensuring high quality intrapartum care in developing countries is a crucial component of efforts to reduce maternal and neonatal mortality and morbidity.
Research Brief
Describes the characteristics of rural hospitals and those who use them and discusses the challenges these hospitals face.
Report
Gathers information on the provision of neonatal services in Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, 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.
Research Brief
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.
Journal Article
Hospital policies and practices related to breastfeeding may have long-term health effects. The Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding provide an evidence-based standard, which may be used to assess individual hospitals.
Journal Article
To develop a set of quality indicators for the neurodevelopmental follow-up care of very low birth weight (VLBW; <1500 g) children
Journal Article
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.
Journal Article
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.
Journal Article
Evidence-based selective referral strategies are being used by insurers to ensure that medical care is provided by high-quality providers.
Journal Article
There is very little information about long-term outcomes, as the medical and developmental status of few of these infants has been followed carefully
Journal Article
Test the possibility that period of economic hardship characterizing Mexico over the decade 1986*1996 has negatively influenced infant health outcomes
Journal Article
Nosocomial bloodstream infections (NBIs) are associated with serious morbidity and prolonged length of stay (LOS) in VLBW infants.
Journal Article
Decline in childhood mortality over the past two decades is attributable to improvements in neonatal intensive care for very-low-birthweight infants.
Research Brief
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.
Journal Article
To evaluate the cost-effectiveness of increasing lengths of brief postpartum hospitalizations.
Journal Article
Overview of neonatal intensive care unit treatment costs for hospitals that participated in the NIC/Q 2000 quality improvement collaborative.
Journal Article
Discrepancies exist between the RSV prophylaxis guidelines and data on the level of risk of hospitalization for RSV disease by GA and lung disease.
Journal Article
To make measurable improvements in the quality and cost of neonatal intensive care using a multidisciplinary collaborative quality improvement model.
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