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Pediatric Medicine

Journal Article

Hospital and Patient Characteristics Associated with Variation in 28-Day Mortality Rates for Very Low Birth Weight Infants

This article examines the hospital and patient characteristics associated with variation in 28-day mortality rates for very low birth weight infants in 62 neonatal intensive care units (NICU) participating in the Vermont Oxford Network Database.

Jan 1, 1997
Journal Article

Are Clinical Criteria Just Proxies for Socioeconomic Status? a Study of Low Birth Weight Babies in Jamaica

Determine if the clinical risk factors for low birth weight are independent of socioeconomic risk factors in a sample from a developing country.

Jan 1, 1997
Report

Treatment Costs for Very Low Birthweight Infants: The California Medicaid Experience

The report will be of value to all persons interested in the treatment costs of VLBW infants and Medicaid expenditures for their care.

Jan 1, 1995
Dissertation

Will Measuring the Quality of Antenatal Care Tell Us How It Works?

This study examines prenatal care to determine which elements improve birth outcomes.

Jan 1, 1995
Journal Article

A Meta-Analysis of Infant Outcomes After Breech Delivery

To estimate the risks of neonatal morbidity and mortality associated with a trial of labor and with elective cesarean for the term breech infant.

Jan 1, 1995
Journal Article

The Urge to Merge: Linking Vital Statistics Records and Medicaid Claims

This paper describes a procedure used to link Medicaid claims data to California vital statistics records for very low birthweight infants.

Oct 1, 1994
Report

Defining Infants’ Race and Ethnicity in a Study of Very Low Birthweight Infants

Studies of racial and ethnic differentials in birth outcomes require accurate identification of the race and ethnicity of infants in the study samples.

Jan 1, 1993
Report

Medicaid Policy in California, 1980-1987 with Special Reference to Pregnant Women and Infants

This report describes the California Medicaid program between 1980 and 1987 with special reference to prenatal and infant care.

Jan 1, 1993
Report

Prenatal care : a literature review and quality assessment criteria

This report reviews the literature on the process and outcomes of prenatal care for the purpose of developing criteria by which such care could be assessed. The report includes the final set of criteria agreed upon by a Working Group of the HMO Quali...

Jan 1, 1992
Journal Article

Updated Estimates of the Impact of Prenatal Care on Birthweight Outcomes By Race

Differences in the use of prenatal care by race explain only a small part of the black-white differences in the fraction of low birthweight births.

Jan 1, 1992
Report

The Accuracy of Retrospective Data from the Malaysian Family Life Survey

Part of a series describing a sample survey and subsequent research on how economic and institutional factors influence birthspacing, family size, and breastfeeding in Malaysia.

Jan 1, 1986
Content

Laura J. Faherty

Physician Policy Researcher; Affiliate Faculty, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Education B.A. in history of science, Princeton University; M.D., Emory University School of Medicine; M.P.H. in global epidemiology, Emory University Rollins School of Public Health; M.S.H.P. in health policy research, University of Pennsylvania
Content

Layla Parast

Senior Statistician
Education Ph.D. in biostatistics, Harvard University; M.S. in statistics, Stanford University; B.S. in mathematics, University of Texas, Austin
Content

Christine E. Peterson

Adjunct Technical Analyst
Education M.A. in economics, University of Southern California
Content

Mark A. Schuster

Adjunct Researcher
Education Ph.D. in policy analysis, RAND Graduate School (now the Pardee RAND Graduate School); M.D., Harvard Medical School; M.P.P., Harvard University; B.A., Yale University

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RAND Topic:
Pediatric Medicine

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Pediatrics

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