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What price prematurity?

R M Schwartz1

  • 1National Perinatal Information Center, Providence, R.I.

Family Planning Perspectives
|July 1, 1989
PubMed
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Over half of U.S. low-birth-weight infants are in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs). Improving birth weight could save millions in healthcare costs, with prenatal care being a cost-effective solution.

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Area of Science:

  • Neonatal Medicine
  • Healthcare Economics

Background:

  • Neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) manage a significant portion of low-birth-weight infants in the U.S.
  • Low-birth-weight infants represent a disproportionately high cost in neonatal care.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To analyze the cost implications of low-birth-weight infant care in urban NICUs.
  • To estimate potential healthcare savings through improved infant birth weights.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of a 1985 stratified sample of urban hospitals with NICUs.
  • Cost analysis focusing on surviving infants discharged from these facilities.
  • Modeling of cost savings associated with shifts in infant birth-weight distribution.

Main Results:

  • Infants weighing 500-2,500g constitute 9% of neonatal patients but incur 57% of hospital care costs.
  • Neonates weighing 500-1,499g represent 1.6% of infants and over one-third of related costs.
  • A 20% upward shift in birth weight could save $70-$95 million annually.

Conclusions:

  • Targeting interventions to improve infant birth weight can yield substantial healthcare cost savings.
  • Prenatal care programs are estimated to be cost-effective, with expenditures less than immediate savings from improved birth weights.