Burden of Comorbidities and Healthcare Resource Utilization Among Medicaid-Enrolled Extremely Premature Infants
| Autor: | Meredith E. Mowitz, Wei Gao, Heather Sipsma, Pete Zuckerman, Hallee Wong, Rajeev Ayyagari, Sujata P. Sarda |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
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| Zdroj: | Journal of Health Economics and Outcomes Research, Vol 9, Iss 2 (2022) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 2327-2236 60875291 |
| DOI: | 10.36469/001c.38847 |
| Popis: | **Background:** The effect of gestational age (GA) on comorbidity prevalence, healthcare resource utilization (HCRU), and all-cause costs is significant for extremely premature (EP) infants in the United States. **Objectives:** To characterize real-world patient characteristics, prevalence of comorbidities, rates of HCRU, and direct healthcare charges and societal costs among premature infants in US Medicaid programs, with respect to GA and the presence of respiratory comorbidities. **Methods:** Using _International Classification of Diseases, Ninth/Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification_ codes, diagnosis and medical claims data from 6 state Medicaid databases (1997-2018) of infants born at less than 37 weeks of GA (wGA) were collected retrospectively. Data from the index date (birth) up to 2 years corrected age or death, stratified by GA (EP, ≤28 wGA; very premature \[VP\], >28 to |
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