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Economic issues in the follow-up of neonates

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Abstract

Children with conditions requiring neonatal intensive care impose a financial burden on health services, on families and carers, and on society generally. A systematic review of the literature identified 81 studies that conducted primary research on the cost of services as a result of conditions requiring neonatal intensive care. The majority of studies estimated costs incurred during the initial hospital stay. Relatively few studies considered health service costs following discharge from the neonatal intensive care unit, costs to other sectors of the economy or costs to families and carers. It is important that these costs are considered more fully.

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    Correspondence: Dr Stavros Petrou, National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit, University of Oxford, Institute of Health Science, Old Road, Headington, Oxford OX3 7LF, UK. Tel: 0044 1865 226829; Fax: 0044 1865 227002; E-mail:[email protected]

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