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Access to intensive neonatal care and neonatal survival in low birthweight infants: A population study in Norway
Author(s) -
Forbes John F.,
Larssen KarlErik,
Bakketeig Leiv S.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
paediatric and perinatal epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.667
H-Index - 88
eISSN - 1365-3016
pISSN - 0269-5022
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-3016.1987.tb00086.x
Subject(s) - medicine , intensive care , neonatal mortality , pediatrics , population , infant mortality , intensive care medicine , environmental health
Summary. This study evaluates the impact of regional differences in access to intensive neonatal care on neonatal survival in geographically defined populations of 4 692 low birthweight births in Norway 1979–81. For infants weighing 1 250 to 2 499 g our results are consistent with the existence of a dose‐response association between neonatal survival and the level of immediate access to intensive neonatal care. Although not statistically significant, there was a clear gradient in the risk of mortality within 24 hours. A similar pattern of survival could not be consistently demonstrated for infants weighing less than 1 250 g.