Methods of Mortality Risk Adjustment in the NICU
March 1, 2013 | Journal Article
NICU mortality risk-adjustment scores vary widely by the data collected and the timing of collection.
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March 1, 2013 | Journal Article
NICU mortality risk-adjustment scores vary widely by the data collected and the timing of collection.
May 9, 2012 | Journal Article
Drug withdrawal in infants born to opiate-abusing mothers—Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS)—is increasingly prevalent. The study examines the dramatic rise in NAS, and the increase in hospital charges over a 10-year period.
July 1, 2011 | Journal Article
Babies born between 34 to 36 weeks' gestation are being discharged early at stubbornly high rates in some regions and types of hospitals, despite mid-1990s care guidelines and insurance mandates to cover longer hospital stays.
September 1, 2010 | Journal Article
Study of neonates and young infants at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia indicates that cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) enterovirus polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing of febrile neonates decreases hospital length of stay (LOS) for febrile infants 56 days old or younger.
November 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This article examines prenatal ultrasound use in the United States between 1995 and 2006. There is no professional consensus on the appropriate use of ultrasounds during pregnancies considered low-risk, and little is known about national trends of prenatal ultrasound use.
March 1, 2010 | Journal Article
Experience with histidinemia, a metabolic disorder first thought to be similar to phenylketonuria, raises questions about when universal newborn testing, and subsequent treatment, should be implemented.
March 24, 2010 | Program Result
The Developing Families Center in Washington, D.C., provides health and social support services to young women and their families in the city's low-income, Black neighborhoods.
May 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This article examines the relationship between hospital practices and rates of exclusive breast-feeding among mothers one week after delivery. The study aims to provide information to policy-makers about practices in hospitals that influence breast-feeding rates.
March 1, 2009 | Journal Article
Children from households that are among the most impoverished during their prenatal and first year of life are more likely to be obese as adults. Income transfers to these households at these times may have a lifelong impact on health.
January 1, 2009 | Journal Article
Predictors of late starters—babies that receive their first immunization after 90 days old—include fewer prenatal care visits, younger maternal age, higher birth order and receiving care at public health clinics. Policy-makers could leverage this information to improve patient outreach and outcomes.