TABLE D-2A Studies of Costs Following Discharge from Initial Hospitalization

Paper Date of Cohort Location of Cohort Type of Cohort Sample Size Currency Currency Date
Broyles (28) 1988-1996 Texas Hospital-specific 388 (control group of RCT) USD 1997
Chaikand (29) 1987-1988 US National 6,788 USD 1989-1990
Chollet (15) 1989-1991 US Convenience sample Total: 58,904Normal preterm: 946Extreme preterm: 986Normal full term: 44,041 USD Not specified
Gennaro (30) 1990-1994 US Hospital-specific 224 USD Not specified
Lewit (31) 1988 US National 35,000 USD 1988
McCormick (32) 1983-1984 Pennsylvania Hospital-specific VLBW: 32Controls: 34 USD Notspecified
Medstat (41) 2001 US Convenience sample Total: 28,958All preterm: 3,214Normal full term: 15,795 USD 2004
Petrou (33) 1970-1993 UK Geographic (regional) >37weeks: 226,12032-36 weeks: 11,72828-31 weeks: 1,346<28weeks: 500 UK Pounds 1998-1999
Petrou (34) 1978-1988 UK Geographic (regional) >37weeks: 90,23632-36 weeks: 4,48528-31 weeks: 596<28weeks: 241 UK Pounds 1998-1999
Pharaoh (35) 1979-1981 UK Geographic (regional) 109 UK Pounds 1984
Rogowski (36) 1986-1987 California Geographic (state) Inception: 887Survived: 591 USD 1987
Rolnick (37) 1993, 1995 Minnesota Hospital-specific (single health plan) 2500-4499: 1203=1500-2499: 38 USD Notspecified
Roth (38) 1990-1991 Florida Geographic (state) 120,533 USD 2001
Stevenson (39) 1980-1981 UK Geographic (regional) Total: 641<1,000: 201,000-1,500: 1531,501-2,000: 468 UK Pounds 1979
Stevenson (40) 1980-1981 UK Geographic (regional) Total: 52<1,000: 91,000-1,500: 251,501-2,000: 18 UK Pounds 1979
Tommiska (27) 1996-1997 Finland Geographic (regional hospital) <1000 g: 105>36weeks: 75 Euro 1997

From: D, A Systematic Review of Costs Associated with Preterm Birth

Cover of Preterm Birth
Preterm Birth: Causes, Consequences, and Prevention.
Institute of Medicine (US) Committee on Understanding Premature Birth and Assuring Healthy Outcomes; Behrman RE, Butler AS, editors.
Washington (DC): National Academies Press (US); 2007.
Copyright © 2007, National Academy of Sciences.

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