首页   按字顺浏览 期刊浏览 卷期浏览 Patterns of Medical Services Utilization by Infants Discharged From a Neonatal Intensiv...
Patterns of Medical Services Utilization by Infants Discharged From a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

 

作者: Karen Porter,   Claire Rudolph,   Margaret Williams,   Gina Petonito,  

 

期刊: Medical Care  (OVID Available online 1986)
卷期: Volume 24, issue 1  

页码: 14-23

 

ISSN:0025-7079

 

年代: 1986

 

出版商: OVID

 

关键词: medical services utilization;neonatal intensive care;perinatology;primary care;health services need

 

数据来源: OVID

 

摘要:

A decreasing neonatal mortality rate has increased the number of infants who survive their stay in a neonatal intensive care unit only to need continued medical care. Medical services utilization by families with high-risk infants has been widely studied, but research is sparse on high-risk infants who do not receive follow-up care through medical specialists' services or speciality clinics. After dividing medical services utilization into four patterns, ranging from use of only primary care to use of three kinds of medical services, the authors analyzed a set of predictors of utilization. The factors most likely to affect pattern of utilization significantly are related to health need and illness level. The infants with more serious medical conditions diagnosed at birth were found to use the most follow-up services. No effects of location of residence or social class were found, which suggests that families had no significant problems of access to medical care services for their infants in the defined region of the study.

 

点击下载:  PDF (654KB)



返 回