Abstract:
:This study was conducted to examine the potential effects of expanded Medicaid coverage for low income women. Statewide birth data for 1983 to 1985 were examined to determine the relationship between prenatal care and admissions to neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) and the costs of this care. An NICU sample was constituted from infants who were discharged live following more than 7 NICU days, were referred to an out of state tertiary center, or died following NICU admission. Inadequate care (no prenatal care, only last trimester care, or less than five visits) was received by 11% of the total birth cohort and by 18% of the infants in the NICU sample (p less than 0.001). Infants with inadequate care had a NICU admission rate of 5.10% versus 2.86% for those with adequate prenatal care (p less than 0.001). The hospital billings for infants in the NICU sample with inadequate care were significantly higher than were those for infants with adequate care (p less than 0.05). Assuming that economic resources limit access to prenatal care, the projection can be made that had all women with inadequate prenatal care received Medicaid-covered adequate prenatal care, expenditure for this care would yield more than a two to one return in savings in NICU costs.
journal_name
Am J Perinatoljournal_title
American journal of perinatologyauthors
Wilson AL,Munson DP,Schubot DB,Leonardson G,Stevens DCdoi
10.1055/s-2007-994790subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1992-07-01 00:00:00pages
281-4issue
4eissn
0735-1631issn
1098-8785journal_volume
9pub_type
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更新日期:2002-08-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2004-11-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2010-09-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究,随机对照试验
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更新日期:1997-04-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1997-02-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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