In-home nursing care for women with high-risk pregnancies: Outcomes and cost
In-home nursing care for women with high-risk pregnancies: Outcomes and cost
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DOI:
10.1016/s0029-7844(01)01360-6
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发表时间:
2001-06-01
影响因子:
7.2
通讯作者:
Mitchell, BF
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作者:
Harrison, MJ;Kushner, KE;Mitchell, BF
Objective: To evaluate a program that provides in-home care to women with pregnancies threatened by preterm delivery (including preterm labor, preterm premature rupture of membranes, and multiple gestation) and women with pregnancy-related hypertension.Methods: Data from hospital discharge summaries were used to compare birth outcomes and cost of care for women in the in-home program and a cohort of women who received in-hospital antenatal care before the new program. Birth outcomes included data for mothers and infants. The sample included 437 women with threatened preterm delivery (n = 228 in-home, n = 209 in-hospital) and 308 with hypertension (n = 155 in-home, n = 153 in-hospital). The cost per woman included all costs of services for mothers and infants.Results: Women at risk of preterm delivery who received in-home care were half as likely to have their infants in the neonatal intensive care unit more than 48 hours (odds ratio 0.53, 95% confidence interval 0.36, 0.78). On average, their infants weighed more (2732 +/- 716 g versus 2330 +/- 749 g, P