Journal article
Health Care Utilization in the First 7 Years in Children with Fetal Growth Abnormalities: A Retrospective Cohort Study
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the relationship between birth weight for gestational age and health care utilization of term offspring from birth to 7 years.
STUDY DESIGN: We used a population-based retrospective cohort study of infants (≥37 weeks' gestational age) born between 2003 and 2007 in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia (n = 42 050). Perinatal records were linked to provincial administrative health data from birth to age 7 years. The …
Authors
Kuhle S; Brown MM; Dodds L; McDonald SD; Woolcott CG
Journal
The Journal of Pediatrics, Vol. 252, , pp. 154–161.e3
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
January 2023
DOI
10.1016/j.jpeds.2022.08.012
ISSN
0022-3476