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.
Prenatal/Perinatal/Neonatal Care
You are now viewing 1 - 10 of 45 results
Sort results by:
Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome and Associated Health Care Expenditures
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.
Helping Mothers and Children with a Families Center in Washington, D.C.
March 24, 2010 | Program Result Report
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.
Improving the Health of Babies Born in Baltimore Through a Leadership Development Program
August 27, 2009 | Program Result Report
Babies Born Healthy Leadership in Action Program sought to improve birth outcomes in Baltimore and helped actual and potential leaders develop leadership skills while working together on the problem of infant mortality.
The Regionalized Perinatal Care Program
January 1, 2001 | Book
The development of high-technology care delivered in neonatal intensive care units made it possible to save the lives of low-birthweight babies who previously might have died.
Prenatal Care Referrals Help Address North Philadelphia's High Infant Mortality
April 1, 2001 | Program Result Report
Starting in October 1995, Temple University Hospital expanded a pilot program to address infant mortality in North Philadelphia and provide a full range of primary care and preventive services.
Got MILK?
September 1, 2001 | Program Result Report
From 1999 to 2000, researchers at the Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, N.Y. designed a study to determine whether encouraging women to breast-feed their infants would reduce health-care costs as well as improve children's health.
Chicago Project Delivers Support to Young Mothers-to-Be
April 11, 2008 | Program Result Report
Chicago Health Connection developed and implemented a four-year pilot project that used nonmedical birth assistants known as doulas to help low-income single teen mothers in high-risk Chicago neighborhoods.
State Newborn Screening in the Tandem Mass Spectrometry Era
August 1, 2006 | Journal Article
Researchers used data from the National Newborn Screening and Genetics Resource Center to determine the number of mandated disorders added to state newborn screening panels between 1995 and 2005.
Medicaid Acceptance and Availability of Timely Follow-Up for Newborns with Medicaid
November 1, 2005 | Journal Article
Only 67 percent of pediatricians report that they accept all patients with Medicaid who contact them. This study set out to determine whether differences exist in the timeliness of follow-up appointments given to parents of newborns with private ins ...