Langley, D. and Hollis, S. and Friede, T. and MacGregor, D. and Gatrell, Anthony C. (2002) Impact of community neonatal services : a multicentre survey. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 87. pp. 204-208. ISSN 0003-9888
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Objectives: To explore the impact of a community neonatal service on high risk infant survivors in the first year of life. Design: Retrospective multicentre survey. Postal questionnaires were sent to selected parents. Setting: Thirty two neonatal units in England and Wales. Patients: Inclusion criteria: infants over 12 months of age with birth weight 1500 g, or who received level I intensive care for at least 48 hours. Exclusion criteria: multiple births, infants who had died or had severe congenital abnormalities. A total of 3367 eligible infants were selected, and their parents were sent a questionnaire; 65% responded. Main outcome measures: Length of stay on the neonatal unit from birth to initial discharge. Readmission to hospital during the first year of life. Results: The median length of stay in units with a community neonatal service was 35 days compared with 37 days in units without. When adjusted for infant and parent characteristics, the median length of stay was reduced by 12.6% where a community neonatal service was provided (95% confidence interval 5.3% to 19.3%). The readmission rates were 44.6% in units with a community neonatal service and 43.5% in units without. There was no significant reduction in the adjusted odds of readmission. Conclusions: The retrospective nature of this study means that these findings cannot be definitely attributed to the presence of a community neonatal service. However, the results suggest that community neonatal services may reduce the length of stay without any subsequent increase in readmission.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Journal or Publication Title: | Archives of Disease in Childhood |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | community neonatal service ; hospital stay ; readmission ; high risk infants |
| Subjects: | R Medicine > R Medicine (General) |
| Departments: | Faculty of Health and Medicine > Health Research Faculty of Science and Technology > Mathematics and Statistics Faculty of Science and Technology > Lancaster Environment Centre Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences Faculty of Health and Medicine |
| ID Code: | 13610 |
| Deposited By: | Mr Richard Ingham |
| Deposited On: | 26 Sep 2008 09:50 |
| Refereed?: | Yes |
| Published?: | Published |
| Last Modified: | 26 Jul 2012 15:10 |
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| URI: | http://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/id/eprint/13610 |
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