Between-Hospital Variation in Treatment and Outcomes in Extremely Preterm Infants

2015649 citationsJournal Articlebronze Open Access

Authors

Matthew A. Rysavy · RTI International

Lei Li · RTI International

Edward F. Bell · University of Iowa

Abhik Das

Susan R. Hintz · Stanford University

Barbara J. Stoll · Children's Healthcare of Atlanta

Betty R. Vohr · Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island

Abstract

Differences in hospital practices regarding the initiation of active treatment in infants born at 22, 23, or 24 weeks of gestation explain some of the between-hospital variation in survival and survival without impairment among such patients. (Funded by the National Institutes of Health.).

Topics & Keywords

Neonatal Respiratory Health Research Infant Development and Preterm Care Neuroscience of respiration and sleep

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Zero hunger

Publication Details

Published in: New England Journal of Medicine

Volume 372, Issue 19, pp. 1801-1811

DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa1410689

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