2020
Hospital variation in admissions to neonatal intensive care units by diagnosis severity and category
Haidari ES, Lee HC, Illuzzi JL, Phibbs CS, Lin H, Xu X. Hospital variation in admissions to neonatal intensive care units by diagnosis severity and category. Journal Of Perinatology 2020, 41: 468-477. PMID: 32801351, PMCID: PMC7427695, DOI: 10.1038/s41372-020-00775-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNeonatal intensive care unitNICU admission ratesIntensive care unitNICU admissionMild diagnosesCare unitHospital variationInterhospital variationAdmission ratesPatient/hospital characteristicsHospital discharge dataRisk-adjusted ratesWeeks' gestationNICU bedsBirth weightHospital characteristicsSevere diagnosisLive birthsMultivariable regressionAdmissionPotential overuseBirth certificatesDiagnosisHigher likelihoodDiagnosis severity
2017
Hospital variation in cost of childbirth and contributing factors: a cross‐sectional study
Xu X, Lee H, Lin H, Lundsberg L, Pettker C, Lipkind H, Illuzzi J. Hospital variation in cost of childbirth and contributing factors: a cross‐sectional study. BJOG An International Journal Of Obstetrics & Gynaecology 2017, 125: 829-839. PMID: 29090498, DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.15007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChildbirth hospitalisationsHospital variationObstetric interventionsHospital variancePatient clinical risk factorsSevere maternal morbiditySevere newborn morbidityClinical risk factorsMaternal sociodemographic characteristicsHospital discharge dataCross-sectional studyUrban-rural statusCross-sectional analysisCosts of childbirthHigh-cost hospitalsVertex birthsMaternal morbidityCaesarean deliveryNewborn morbidityBirth attendantsRisk factorsHospital typeCare capacityHospitalisationBetter outcomes