Average First Year Medical Cost and Average Length of Hospital Stay for Preterm Babies (IMAGE)

March of Dimes Foundation

Average First Year Medical Cost and Average Length of Hospital Stay for Preterm Babies

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Preterm babies are hospitalized much longer and the hospital costs are 10 times higher than those of a full term baby.

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Institute of Medicine/March of Dimes

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