ArticleJournal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association2025
Effects of a remote patient monitoring program on cost of care for neonates with inadequate oral feeding.
Article in Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.
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- The future of follow-up: technology-enabled medical and developmental follow-up care for NICU graduates.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2026Review
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Abstract
objectiveRemote patient monitoring (RPM) facilitates early discharge of infants with inadequate oral feeding. We aim to determine the financial impact of discharge with RPM compared to continued hospitalization. STUDY
designPatients discharged on RPM between May 2019 and June 2024 were eligible. Days of home nasogastric tube feeds and total physician time per episode were recorded. Direct cost estimates for each aspect of RPM and continued hospitalization were used to calculate cost savings of RPM use from a health care system perspective. One- and two-way sensitivity analyses were performed.
resultsOne hundred eighty infants were included. RPM decreased the hospital stay by 9.2 days/patient (mean). An RPM episode cost $1,768.24 (mean), while hypothetical continued hospitalization cost $13,978.32 (mean); a difference of $12,210.08. Sensitivity analyses showed that inpatient hospital cost variations were the primary driver of savings.
conclusionRPM programs for neonates with inadequate oral feeding can reduce direct medical costs. CLINICAL TRIAL RESGISTRATION: None.
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