Open AccessSocial disparities negatively impact neonatal follow-up clinic attendance of premature infants discharged from the neonatal intensive care unit
Author(s) -
Corinne Swearingen,
Pippa Simpson,
Erwin Cabacungan,
Susan Cohen
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of perinatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.912
H-Index - 94
eISSN - 1476-5543
pISSN - 0743-8346
DOI - 10.1038/s41372-020-0659-4
Subject(s) - medicine , neonatal intensive care unit , bronchopulmonary dysplasia , gestational age , pediatrics , attendance , retrospective cohort study , cohort , gestation , obstetrics , pregnancy , biology , economic growth , economics , genetics
Neonatal neurodevelopmental follow-up clinic provides continued surveillance and assessment of high-risk premature infants. We hypothesized that attrition is associated with race and social factors.