ArticleThe European journal of health economics : HEPAC : health economics in prevention and care2017
Cost effects of preterm birth: a comparison of health care costs associated with early preterm, late preterm, and full-term birth in the first 3 years after birth.
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- The Impact of Human Milk on Necrotizing Enterocolitis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Nutrients · 2020Pooled it
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- The effect of early administration of rectal progesterone in IVF/ICSI twin pregnancies on the preterm birth rate: a randomized trial.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2020Trial
- Cost-effectiveness of Antenatal Corticosteroid Therapy vs No Therapy in Women at Risk of Late Preterm Delivery: A Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA pediatrics · 2019Trial
- Feasibility of Multiplex Cytokine Profiling in Preterm Labor: Towards Biomarker Discovery.Biology · 2025Article
- Trends in adverse perinatal outcomes and associated hospitalisations, emergency department presentations, and healthcare costs from birth to early childhood in the Northern Territory, Australia: A two-decade population-based study.PLOS global public health · 2025Article
- Long-term health outcomes of preterm birth: a narrative review.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2025Review
- The relationship between prenatal heat exposure and birth outcomes: How much does the heat metric matter?PloS one · 2025Article
- Economic burden of adverse perinatal outcomes from births to age 5 years in high-income settings: a protocol for a systematic review.BMJ open · 2024Article
- Incidence and Predictors of Mortality Among Preterm Neonates Admitted to Jimma University Medical Center, Southwest Ethiopia: a Retrospective Follow-Up Study.International journal of public health · 2024Article
- Increased late preterm birth risk and altered uterine blood flow upon exposure to heat stress.EBioMedicine · 2023Article
- Incremental cost of premature birth - a public health care payer perspective from Hungary.BMC health services research · 2023Article
- Factors Influencing Receipt and Type of Therapy Services in the NICU.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Combination of Feature Selection and Resampling Methods to Predict Preterm Birth Based on Electrohysterographic Signals from Imbalance Data.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Maternal mental health and adverse birth outcomes.PloS one · 2022Article
- Association of Gestational Age at Birth With Subsequent Neurodevelopment in Early Childhood: A National Retrospective Cohort Study in China.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2022Article
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Abstract
Preterm birth is one of the main causes for infant morbidity and mortality. Apart from negative health outcomes, preterm birth also produces significant health care expenditures. This study evaluates the costs associated with preterm birth in different health sectors during the first 3 years of infants' lives. In a retrospective observational study based on claims data from a German statutory health insurance company, average costs for medication, hospital treatment, ambulatory treatment, and non-medical remedies during the first 3 years after birth were analyzed for early preterm, late preterm, and full-term births. Costs associated with preterm births were generally higher than for full-term births, with the highest costs for the hospital treatment of early preterm births. Cost differences tended to decrease in the second and third year after birth except for ambulatory treatment costs, which decreased for late preterm and full-term births but not for early preterm births. The study shows that preterm birth is associated with increased health care costs, particularly during the first year after birth, indicating that the implementation of adequate programs and policies for preventing preterm birth is not only desirable from a medical but also from a health economic perspective.
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