The costs of low birth weight:
"Birth weight has emerged as the leading indicator of infant health and welfare and the central focus of infant health policy. This is because low birth weight (LBW) infants experience severe health and developmental difficulties that can impose enormous costs on society. But would the preventi...
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| Summary: | "Birth weight has emerged as the leading indicator of infant health and welfare and the central focus of infant health policy. This is because low birth weight (LBW) infants experience severe health and developmental difficulties that can impose enormous costs on society. But would the prevention of LBW generate equally sizable cost savings and health improvements? Estimates of the return to LBW-prevention from cross-sectional associations may be biased by omitted variables that cannot be influenced by policy, such as genetic factors. To address this, we compare the hospital costs, health at birth, and infant mortality rates between heavier and lighter infants from all twin pairs born in the United States. We also examine the effect of maternal smoking during pregnancy the leading risk factor for LBW in the United States on health among singleton births after controlling for detailed background characteristics. Both analyses imply substantially smaller effects of LBW than previously thought, suggesting two possibilities: 1) existing estimates overstate the true costs and consequences of LBW by at least a factor of four and by as much as a factor of 20; or 2) different LBW-preventing interventions have different health and cost consequences, implying that policy efforts that presume a single return to reducing LBW will necessarily be suboptimal"--National Bureau of Economic Research web site. |
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| spelling | Almond, Douglas Verfasser (DE-588)129337706 aut The costs of low birth weight Douglas Almond ; Kenneth Y. Chay ; David S. Lee Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2004 46, [28] S. graph. Darst. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier National Bureau of Economic Research <Cambridge, Mass.>: NBER working paper series 10552 "Birth weight has emerged as the leading indicator of infant health and welfare and the central focus of infant health policy. This is because low birth weight (LBW) infants experience severe health and developmental difficulties that can impose enormous costs on society. But would the prevention of LBW generate equally sizable cost savings and health improvements? Estimates of the return to LBW-prevention from cross-sectional associations may be biased by omitted variables that cannot be influenced by policy, such as genetic factors. To address this, we compare the hospital costs, health at birth, and infant mortality rates between heavier and lighter infants from all twin pairs born in the United States. We also examine the effect of maternal smoking during pregnancy the leading risk factor for LBW in the United States on health among singleton births after controlling for detailed background characteristics. Both analyses imply substantially smaller effects of LBW than previously thought, suggesting two possibilities: 1) existing estimates overstate the true costs and consequences of LBW by at least a factor of four and by as much as a factor of 20; or 2) different LBW-preventing interventions have different health and cost consequences, implying that policy efforts that presume a single return to reducing LBW will necessarily be suboptimal"--National Bureau of Economic Research web site. Statistik Birth weight, Low Health Care Costs United States Statistics Health Care Costs United States Twin Study Infant Mortality United States Statistics Infant Mortality United States Twin Study Infant, Low Birth Weight United States Statistics Infant, Low Birth Weight United States Twin Study Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects United States Statistics Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects United States Twin Study Smoking adverse effects United States Statistics Smoking adverse effects United States Twin Study USA Statistics Chay, Kenneth Y. 1969- Verfasser (DE-588)12886687X aut Lee, David S. 1972- Verfasser (DE-588)12933765X aut Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe National Bureau of Economic Research <Cambridge, Mass.>: NBER working paper series 10552 (DE-604)BV002801238 10552 http://papers.nber.org/papers/w10552.pdf kostenfrei Volltext |
| spellingShingle | Almond, Douglas Chay, Kenneth Y. 1969- Lee, David S. 1972- The costs of low birth weight National Bureau of Economic Research <Cambridge, Mass.>: NBER working paper series Statistik Birth weight, Low Health Care Costs United States Statistics Health Care Costs United States Twin Study Infant Mortality United States Statistics Infant Mortality United States Twin Study Infant, Low Birth Weight United States Statistics Infant, Low Birth Weight United States Twin Study Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects United States Statistics Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects United States Twin Study Smoking adverse effects United States Statistics Smoking adverse effects United States Twin Study |
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| title_full | The costs of low birth weight Douglas Almond ; Kenneth Y. Chay ; David S. Lee |
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| topic | Statistik Birth weight, Low Health Care Costs United States Statistics Health Care Costs United States Twin Study Infant Mortality United States Statistics Infant Mortality United States Twin Study Infant, Low Birth Weight United States Statistics Infant, Low Birth Weight United States Twin Study Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects United States Statistics Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects United States Twin Study Smoking adverse effects United States Statistics Smoking adverse effects United States Twin Study |
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