Impact of birthweight on health-care utilization during early childhood – a birth cohort study

Abstract Background Comprehensive data are needed to evaluate the burden of low birthweight. Analysis of routine data on health-care utilization during early childhood were used to test the hypothesis that infants with low birthweight have (i) increased inpatient health-care utilization, (ii) higher...

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Main Authors: Mario Rüdiger, Luise Heinrich, Katrin Arnold, Diana Druschke, Jörg Reichert, Jochen Schmitt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-03-01
Series:BMC Pediatrics
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12887-019-1424-8