Hospital Care Cost and Resource Use of Early Discharge of Healthy Late Preterm and Term Singletons: A Population-based Cohort Study and Cost Analysis

To assess the hospital care cost and resource use associated with discharge timings after late preterm and term births. This population-based cohort study and cost analysis included all healthy singleton late preterm (35-36 weeks gestational age) and term infants (37-41 weeks gestational age) born v...

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Published in:The Journal of pediatrics 2020-11, Vol.226, p.96-105.e7
Main Authors: Isayama, Tetsuya, O'Reilly, Daria, Beyene, Joseph, Shah, Prakesh S., Lee, Shoo K., McDonald, Sarah D.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cohort Studies
Cost Savings
Emergency Service, Hospital - economics
Emergency Service, Hospital - statistics & numerical data
Facilities and Services Utilization
Female
Gestational Age
health care costs
Hospital Costs - statistics & numerical data
Hospitalization - economics
Hospitalization - statistics & numerical data
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Infant, Premature
length of stay
Male
newborn infants
Ontario
patient readmission
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Summary:To assess the hospital care cost and resource use associated with discharge timings after late preterm and term births. This population-based cohort study and cost analysis included all healthy singleton late preterm (35-36 weeks gestational age) and term infants (37-41 weeks gestational age) born vaginally in hospitals in Ontario, Canada, from 2003 to 2012. Early, late, and very late discharge (
ISSN:0022-3476
1097-6833
DOI:10.1016/j.jpeds.2020.06.060