Trends in admissions and costs for neonatal intensive care in US children’s hospitals, 2017–2022
Among US children's hospitals in the PHIS database, NICU admissions were increasingly complex and costly. These findings highlight the importance of ongoing monitoring of resource use and patient mix in specialized NICU settings.
Authors
- Joanne M. Lagatta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5147-2396)
- Joseph G. Kohne (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9978-2759)
- Ashwini Lakshmanan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8259-1905)
- Kuan-Chi Lai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0885-468X)
- Troy Richardson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0118-8685)
- Brian King
- Ashlee J. Vance
- Ravi M. Patel
- Henry C. Lee
- Tamorah Lewis
Institutions
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (US)
- Children's Hospital of Los Angeles (US)
- Kaiser Permanente (US)
- Emory University (US)
- Henry Ford Health System (US)
- University of Toronto (CA)
- Medical College of Wisconsin (US)
- Hospital for Sick Children (CA)
- University of California San Diego (US)
- Children's Healthcare of Atlanta (US)
- Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital (US)
- Children's Hospital Association (US)
- Case Western Reserve University (US)
- Michigan State University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Perinatology
- Published
- 2026-03-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41372-026-02619-8
- Primary Topic
- Neonatal Respiratory Health Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00