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July 1, 2007PEDIATRICS581 citations

Cost of Hospitalization for Preterm and Low Birth Weight Infants in the United States

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RRRebecca RussellNGNancy GreenCSClaudia Steiner

Key Points

  • Quantify the healthcare and hospitalization costs associated with preterm and low birth weight infants in the United States.
  • Evaluated per-infant and aggregate hospital costs across gestational age and birth weight categories, including extremely preterm and moderately preterm infants.
  • Calculated the proportion of total infant and general pediatric hospitalization expenditures attributable to preterm and low birth weight births.
  • Per-infant hospitalization costs were highest for extremely preterm infants, whereas moderately preterm and low birth weight infants drove the largest share of total aggregate costs due to higher case numbers.
  • Preterm and low birth weight infants accounted for 50% of all infant hospitalization costs and 25% of total pediatric hospitalization costs nationwide.

Abstract

Costs per infant hospitalization were highest for extremely preterm infants, although the larger number of moderately preterm/low birth weight infants contributed more to the overall costs. Preterm/low birth weight infants in the United States account for half of infant hospitalization costs and one quarter of pediatric costs, suggesting that major infant and pediatric cost savings could be realized by preventing preterm birth.

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Russell et al. (2007) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69dd5d584917c2595e10144dhttps://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2006-2386
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