Benefits from a teen pregnancy program: neonatal outcomes potential cost savings.
These data demonstrated that participants in our teen pregnancy program had better birth outcomes than comparable teens who did not participate in the program. Based on number of NICU admissions and lengths of stay, we estimate that this program provided, through the reduction of poor birth outcomes, potential cost savings of $890,000 over four years.
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Department of Research, Greenville Hospital System, SC 29605, USA.
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D000293:Adolescent; D001034:Apgar Score; D001724:Birth Weight; D017046:Cost Savings; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006266:Health Education; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D015931:Intensive Care, Neonatal / Q000191:economics; D007902:Length of Stay / Q000191:economics; D009747:Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D010343:Patient Admission / Q000191:economics; D011247:Pregnancy; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D011253:Pregnancy in Adolescence; D011295:Prenatal Care / Q000191:economics; D012947:Social Work; D013022:South Carolina