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Titre :	Maternal minimum-stay legislation : Cost and policy implications. (1999)
Auteurs :	K. RAUBE ; K. MERRELL ; Center for Health Administration Studies. University of Chicago. Chicago. IL. USA
Type de document :	Article
Dans :	American journal of public health (vol. 89, n° 6, 1999)
Pagination :	922-923
Langues:	Anglais
Mots-clés :	Etats Unis ; Amérique ; Epidémiologie ; Homme ; Femme ; Accouchement ; Etat santé ; Hospitalisation ; Postpartum ; Economie santé ; Tendance séculaire ; Amérique du Nord
Résumé :	[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST eR0xkl0k. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Objectives. Recently, most state legislatores and Congress have passed laws mandating insurance coverage for a minimum period of inpatient care following delivery. This study analyzed the likely cost implications of one state's law. Methods. Hospital discharge records for Illinois women who gave birth (n=167769) and infants born (n=164905) during a 12-month period predating the law were analyzed. Results. As a percentage of total spending on birth-related admissions and readmissions, the net effect of the law ranges from a savings of 0.1% to a cost of 20.2%. Conclusions. There may be large cost implications to this legislation, even with savings from avoided readmissions.

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