Direct costs of prematurity and factors associated with birth and maternal conditions

• Main Authors: Thamires Francelino Mendonça de Melo (Author), Rodrigo Luiz Carregaro (Author), Wildo Navegantes de Araújo (Author), Everton Nunes da Silva (Author), Aline Martins de Toledo (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo, 2022-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To estimate the direct costs due to hospital care for extremely, moderate, and late preterm newborns, from the perspective of a public hospital in 2018. The second objective was to investigate whether factors associated with birth and maternal conditions explain the costs and leng...