Association Between Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Admission Rates and Illness Acuity
Open Access
- 1 January 2018
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA Pediatrics
- Vol. 172 (1), 17-23
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapediatrics.2017.3913
Abstract
Newborns in the United States at all birthweights are increasingly likely to be admitted to a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).1 Recent work has raised questions about the uniformity of criteria for admission to a NICU and possible overuse of neonatal intensive care for some newborns.1,2Keywords
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