Early Human Development
Volume 82, Issue 2 , Pages 85-95 , February 2006

Estimates of the cost and length of stay changes that can be attributed to one-week increases in gestational age for premature infants

  • Ciaran S. Phibbs

      Affiliations

    • Health Economics Resource Center, Center for Health Care Evaluation, and Cooperative Studies Program, Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA; Departments of Pediatrics and Health Research and Policy, and Center for Primary Care and Outcomes Research, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, United States
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Health Economics Resource Center (152), VA Medical Center, 795 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, United States. Tel.: +1 650 493 5000x22813; fax: +1 650 617 2639.
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  • Susan K. Schmitt

      Affiliations

    • Health Economics Resource Center, Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA, United States

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doi: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2006.01.001

Early Human Development
Volume 82, Issue 2 , Pages 85-95 , February 2006

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