Women's & Children's Health Articles

*Managed Care* November 2004	Measuring Outpatient Outcomes of Emesis and Nausea Management in Pregnant Women – In this study, outpatient management was effective in controlling nausea and vomiting during pregnancy and was associated with a reduced need for hospital or emergency room treatment.
*Managed Care* July 2003	Managing Perinatal Outcomes: The Clinical Benefit and Cost-Effectiveness of Pharmacologic Treatment of Recurrent Preterm Labor – Continuous subcutaneous terbutaline infusion shows improved clinical outcomes and decreased nursery costs compared with oral tocolytics in women with recurrent preterm labor.
*Managed Care* November 2001	Telemedicine: Cost-effective Management of High-risk Pregnancy – Findings reveal that the use of telemedicine services can be a cost-effective tool to improve pregnancy outcomes for women who have experienced an episode of preterm labor.
*Managed Care* October 2002	Is 34 Weeks an Acceptable Goal for a Complicated Singleton Pregnancy? – Rates of NICU admission and other nursery-related costs declined in a study that examined neonatal risk and associated nursery costs for infants with delivery following untreated preterm labor at 34, 35 or 36 weeks’ gestation.
*Health Enhancement Newsletter* October 2004	Preterm Birth Toll at $11 Billion – Continued increases in poor obstetrical and neonatal clinical outcomes and maternity-related costs are approaching catastrophic levels, with families, health plans and employers in the United States paying out more than $11 billion annually, according to the March of Dimes (March of Dimes National Prematurity Symposium, Phoenix, Ariz., January 2003). By Gary Stanziano, M.D. Senior Vice President of Women's and Children's Health Matria Healthcare
*Health Enhancement Newsletter* October 2004	Costs for Early Birth Unbelievably High – Many benefits executives are not familiar with the staggering costs associated with preterm birth until it’s too late. Infants born prematurely must be hospitalized in neonatal intensive care units for weeks or even months at a time, which can get as high as $1 million.