Journal article
Levels of Neonatal Care
Pediatrics (Evanston), Vol.114(5), pp.1341-1347
11/01/2004
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2004-1697
PMID: 15520119
Abstract
The concept of designations for hospital facilities that care for newborn infants according to the level of complexity of care provided was first proposed in 1976. Subsequent diversity in the definitions and application of levels of care has complicated facility-based evaluation of clinical outcomes, resource allocation and utilization, and service delivery. We review data supporting the need for uniform nationally applicable definitions and the clinical basis for a proposed classification based on complexity of care. Facilities that provide hospital care for newborn infants should be classified on the basis of functional capabilities, and these facilities should be organized within a regionalized system of perinatal care. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Levels of Neonatal Care
- Creators
- Lillian BlackmonDaniel BattonEdward BellSusan DensonCommittee on Fetus and Newborn, American Academy of Pediatrics
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Pediatrics (Evanston), Vol.114(5), pp.1341-1347
- Publisher
- American Academy of Pediatrics
- DOI
- 10.1542/peds.2004-1697
- PMID
- 15520119
- ISSN
- 0031-4005
- eISSN
- 1098-4275
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 11/01/2004
- Academic Unit
- Stead Family Department of Pediatrics; Neonatology
- Record Identifier
- 9984353827902771
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