Cost of neonatal intensive care for extremely preterm infants in Canada.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Neonatal intensive care is expensive and prolonged. Extremely preterm infants are routinely supported. The costs for this practice at the age of borderline viability are of interest to clinicians and policymakers.

Methods

We analyzed data from the Canadian national administrative database on total cost and length of hospital care from a public payor perspective for 23-28-week premature infants from 2011 to 2015. We also compared total and daily costs for 23-25-week newborns. Each comparison evaluated the total cohort and infants who lived more than 3 days. We used non-parametric tests, correlation tests, and generalized linear models for cost difference analysis, adjusting for survival, length of stay, and year.

Results

We analyzed 6,932 infants' cost recor

SUBMITTER: Rolnitsky A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8261596 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature