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1Department of Neonatology, Virchow-Klinikum, Humboldt-University, Berlin, Germany.
Objective And Design:
In order to assess training, accreditation, and scientific status of neonatology in the European countries, a structured questionnaire on availability, duration, and accreditation of neonatology training programs was mailed to the pediatric and neonatal societies. A medline search was performed on the item 'infant, newborn' and the data were related to the population number, total fertility, and infant mortality.
Results:
In most European countries, two year training programs in neonatology exist in addition to 4 or 5 years pediatric training. Numbers of certified neonatologists ranged from 2 to 10 per million inhabitants. An inverse correlation of infant mortality and medline entry rate was found (R(s) -0.91, P < 0.001).
Conclusions:
Conforming training and accreditation in Europe may help to compensate delays in infant mortality and scientific productivity and would facilitate subspecialist mobility.
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