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SUBMITTER: Lee HC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3815522 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lee H C HC Bennett M V MV Schulman J J Gould J B JB
Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association 20130815 11
<h4>Objective</h4>To develop a length of stay (LOS) model for extremely low birth weight (ELBW) infants.<h4>Study design</h4>We included infants from the California Perinatal Quality Care Collaborative with birth weight 401 to 1000 g who were discharged to home. Exclusion criteria were congenital anomalies, surgery and death. LOS was defined as days from admission to discharge. As patients who died or were transferred to lower level of care were excluded, we assessed correlation of hospital mort ...[more]