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The Cost Effectiveness of Prenatal Care
This study uses hospital records for 7,000 births in McLennan County, Texas, during the period June 1987-July 1989 to examine the association between prenatal care and birth outcome and the implications for hospital costs of newborn infants. After controlling for a variety of maternal and birth fact...
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CENTERS for MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES
1994
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4193436/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10138484 |
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author | Henderson, James W. |
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description | This study uses hospital records for 7,000 births in McLennan County, Texas, during the period June 1987-July 1989 to examine the association between prenatal care and birth outcome and the implications for hospital costs of newborn infants. After controlling for a variety of maternal and birth factors, a significant relationship between prenatal care and birth outcome remained. Females who failed to receive prenatal care were almost three times as likely to have a low-birth-weight infant (weighing less than 2,500 grams) than females who did. Using an ordinary least squares (OLS) estimating equation (R(2) = .24), the net expected hospital cost savings for females who received prenatal care was over $1,000. |
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spelling | pubmed-41934362014-11-04 The Cost Effectiveness of Prenatal Care Henderson, James W. Health Care Financ Rev Health Care Needs of Vulnerable Populations This study uses hospital records for 7,000 births in McLennan County, Texas, during the period June 1987-July 1989 to examine the association between prenatal care and birth outcome and the implications for hospital costs of newborn infants. After controlling for a variety of maternal and birth factors, a significant relationship between prenatal care and birth outcome remained. Females who failed to receive prenatal care were almost three times as likely to have a low-birth-weight infant (weighing less than 2,500 grams) than females who did. Using an ordinary least squares (OLS) estimating equation (R(2) = .24), the net expected hospital cost savings for females who received prenatal care was over $1,000. CENTERS for MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES 1994 /pmc/articles/PMC4193436/ /pubmed/10138484 Text en |
spellingShingle | Health Care Needs of Vulnerable Populations Henderson, James W. The Cost Effectiveness of Prenatal Care |
title | The Cost Effectiveness of Prenatal Care |
title_full | The Cost Effectiveness of Prenatal Care |
title_fullStr | The Cost Effectiveness of Prenatal Care |
title_full_unstemmed | The Cost Effectiveness of Prenatal Care |
title_short | The Cost Effectiveness of Prenatal Care |
title_sort | cost effectiveness of prenatal care |
topic | Health Care Needs of Vulnerable Populations |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4193436/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10138484 |
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