TABLE D-7 Out-of-Pocket Expenses and Lost Productivity Following Discharge from Initial Hospitalization

Paper Parental Wages Lost Productivity of Child Child Care Other Travel
Tommiska (27) Year 1:      <1,000: 5,990      control: 880Year 2:      <1,000: 8,175      control: 595 N/A N/A “Home Aid”Year 1:      <1,000: 0      control: 0Year 2:      <1,000: 255      control: 85Year 1:      <1,000: 75      control: 15Year 2:      <1,000: 85      control: 15
McCormick (32) N/A N/A <1,500: 563Term: 1,082 N/A <1,500: 180Term: 23
Gennaro (30) N/A N/A N/A Non-reimbursed Health<2,500: 69Total Out of Pocket<2,500: 445 N/A

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

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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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