Neonatal Care

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Journal Article

Employment, Family Leave, and Parents of Newborns or Seriously Ill Children — May 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? — Apr 1, 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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Assessing and Understanding Quality of Care in a Labour Ward: A Pilot Study Combining Clinical and Social Science Perspectives in Gondar, Ethiopia — Jan 1, 2010

Ensuring high quality intrapartum care in developing countries is a crucial component of efforts to reduce maternal and neonatal mortality and morbidity.

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.

Report

The provision of neonatal services: Data for international comparisons — Jan 1, 2008

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

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.

Journal Article

Policies and Practices Related to Breastfeeding in Massachusetts: Hospital Implementation of the Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding — May 1, 2006

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.

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Quality-of-care Indicators for the Neurodevelopmental Follow-Up of Very Low Birth Weight Children: Results of an Expert Panel Process — Jan 1, 2006

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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Impact of Postpartum Hospital-Stay Legislation on Newborn Length of Stay, Readmission, and Mortality in California — Jan 1, 2006

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 — Jan 1, 2005

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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Indirect Vs Direct Hospital Quality Indicators for Very Low-Birth Weight Infants — Jan 1, 2004

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

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Fetal Infants: the fate of 4172 infants with birth weights of 401 to 500 grams, the Vermont Oxford Network experience (1996-2000) — Jan 1, 2004

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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Los Anos De La Crisis: An Examination of Change in Differential Infant Mortality Risk Within Mexico — Jan 1, 2004

Test the possibility that period of economic hardship characterizing Mexico over the decade 1986*1996 has negatively influenced infant health outcomes

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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 — Jan 1, 2004

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

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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. — Jan 1, 2004

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

Research Brief

Is Patient Volume a Useful Quality Measure for Very Low Birthweight Infants? — Jan 1, 2004

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

Postpartum Length of Stay and Newborn Health: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis — Jan 1, 2003

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

Journal Article

Using Economic Information in a Quality Improvement Collaborative — Jan 1, 2003

Overview of neonatal intensive care unit treatment costs for hospitals that participated in the NIC/Q 2000 quality improvement collaborative.

Journal Article

Guidelines for Palivizumab Prophylaxis: Are They Based on Infant's Risk of Hospitalization for Respiratory Syncytial Viral Disease? — Jan 1, 2003

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

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Economic Implications of Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Collaborative Quality Improvement — Jan 1, 2001

To make measurable improvements in the quality and cost of neonatal intensive care using a multidisciplinary collaborative quality improvement model.

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