TY - JOUR
T1 - Access to intensive neonatal care and neonatal survival in low birthweight infants
T2 - A population study in Norway
AU - Forbes, John F.
AU - Larssen, Karl‐Erik ‐E
AU - Bakketeig, Leiv S.
PY - 1987/4
Y1 - 1987/4
N2 - Summary. This study evaluates the impact of regional differences in access to intensive neonatal care on neonatal survival in geographically defined populations of 4 692 low birthweight births in Norway 1979–81. For infants weighing 1 250 to 2 499 g our results are consistent with the existence of a dose‐response association between neonatal survival and the level of immediate access to intensive neonatal care. Although not statistically significant, there was a clear gradient in the risk of mortality within 24 hours. A similar pattern of survival could not be consistently demonstrated for infants weighing less than 1 250 g.
AB - Summary. This study evaluates the impact of regional differences in access to intensive neonatal care on neonatal survival in geographically defined populations of 4 692 low birthweight births in Norway 1979–81. For infants weighing 1 250 to 2 499 g our results are consistent with the existence of a dose‐response association between neonatal survival and the level of immediate access to intensive neonatal care. Although not statistically significant, there was a clear gradient in the risk of mortality within 24 hours. A similar pattern of survival could not be consistently demonstrated for infants weighing less than 1 250 g.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1365-3016.1987.tb00086.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1365-3016.1987.tb00086.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 3506188
AN - SCOPUS:0023544778
SN - 0269-5022
VL - 1
SP - 33
EP - 42
JO - Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology
JF - Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology
IS - 1
ER -
