title: Hospital readmissions and emergency department visits in moderate preterm, late preterm, and early term infants.
abstract: The increased vulnerability of late preterm infants is no longer a novel concept in neonatology, with many studies documenting excess morbidity and mortality in these infants during the birth hospitalization. Because outcomes related to gestational age constitute a continuum, it is important to analyze data from the gestational age groups that bookend late preterm infants infants-moderate preterm infants (31-32 weeks) and early term infants (37-38 weeks). This article evaluates hospital readmissions and emergency department visits in the first 30 days after discharge from birth hospitalization in a large cohort of infants greater than or equal to 31 weeks' gestation.
authors.affiliation: Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, 2000 Broadway Avenue (2101 Webster Annex), Oakland, CA 94612, USA; Division of Neonatology, University of California, San Francisco, 505 Parnassus Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA. Electronic address: Michael.W.Kuzniewicz@kp.org.
authors.forename: Michael W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Kuzniewicz
authors.forename: Sarah-Jane
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Parker
authors.forename: Alina
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Schnake-Mahl
authors.forename: Gabriel J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Escobar
mesh_terms: D002140:California / Q000453:epidemiology; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D007235:Infant, Premature, Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008297:Male; D010359:Patient Readmission / Q000706:statistics & numerical data* / Q000639:trends
keywords: ED utilization; Preterm; Readmission diagnosis; Readmission rate; Rehospitalization