Racial/Ethnic Disparities Among Extremely Preterm Infants in the United States From 2002 to 2016.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Racial/ethnic disparities in quality of care among extremely preterm infants are associated with adverse outcomes.

Objective

To assess whether racial/ethnic disparities in major outcomes and key care practices were changing over time among extremely preterm infants.

Design, setting, and participants

This observational cohort study used prospectively collected data from 25 US academic medical centers. Participants included 20 092 infants of 22 to 27 weeks' gestation with a birth weight of 401 to 1500 g born at centers participating in the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Neonatal Research Network from 2002 to 2016. Of these infants, 9316 born from 2006 to 2014 were eligible for follow-up at 18 to 26 months' postmenstrual age (excludin

SUBMITTER: Travers CP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7287569 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature