title: Saving babies? Revisiting the effect of very low birth weight classification.
abstract: We reconsider the effect of very low birth weight classification on infant mortality. We demonstrate that the estimates are highly sensitive to the exclusion of observations in the immediate vicinity of the 1,500-g threshold, weakening the confidence in the results originally reported in Almond, Doyle, Kowalski, and Williams (2010).
authors.affiliation: Tulane University.
authors.forename: Alan I
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Barreca
authors.forename: Melanie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Guldi
authors.forename: Jason M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Lindo
authors.forename: Glen R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Waddell
mesh_terms: D001724:Birth Weight / Q000502:physiology; D002965:Classification; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007226:Infant Mortality / Q000208:ethnology / Q000266:history; D007229:Infant Welfare / Q000208:ethnology / Q000266:history; D007230:Infant, Low Birth Weight / Q000502:physiology / Q000523:psychology; D007231:Infant, Newborn