Morbidities and Hospital Resource Use During the First 3 Years of Life Among Very Preterm Infants
- 1 July 2009
- journal article
- Published by American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
- Vol. 124 (1), 128-134
- https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2008-1378
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to determine how the use of hospital resources during the first 3 years of life was associated with prematurity-related morbidity in very preterm infants (gestational age of <32 weeks or birth weight of <1501 g).Keywords
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