Neonatal health care costs of very preterm babies in England: a retrospective analysis of a national birth cohort.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Babies born between 27⁺⁰ and 31⁺⁶ weeks of gestation represent the largest group of very preterm babies requiring National Health Service (NHS) care; however, up-to-date, cost figures for the UK are not currently available. This study estimates neonatal costs to hospital discharge for this group of very preterm babies in England.

Design

Retrospective analysis of resource use data recorded within the National Neonatal Research Database.

Setting

Neonatal units in England.

Patients

Babies born between 27⁺⁰ and 31⁺⁶ weeks of gestation in England and discharged from a neonatal unit between 2014 and 2018.

Main outcome measures

Days receiving different levels of neonatal care were costed, along with other s

SUBMITTER: Yang M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10163543 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature