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Time to Neonatal and Postneonatal Death US 1985-1995
(Archived Project)
Investigator (PI): Liddle, Amanda J
Performing Organization (PO): (Current): University of Alabama at Birmingham, School of Public Health
Supporting Agency (SA): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
Initial Year: 2000
Final Year: 2001
Record Source/Award ID: CRISP/R03HS011259
Funding: Total Award Amount: $32,400
Award Type: Grant
Abstract: The purpose of this study is to: a) examine the temporal variations in the time to infant death, from perinatal related causes, by race, birth weight, and time period of birth; b) examine the assumption that the length of stay during the initial hospitalization after delivery and time to infant death from perinatal related causes are equivalent. Specifically, the study aims to: 1) examine the temporal variations in time to infant death from perinatal related causes for each birth weight group and race group, between 1985 and 1995, 2) examine the association between the length of stay for the initial hospitalization of VLBW infants, and the time to their infant death from perinatal related causes, 3) examine the assumption that the length of stay of the initial hospitalization for VLBW infants and time to their infant death from perinatal related causes are equivalent, and 4) consider the implications of the findings for future perinatal policy and interventions. The study will accomplish these aims by using survival analysis (log logistic), and logistic regression on three secondary data sets: US and South Carolina Vital Records Linked Live Birth/Infant Death Certificates for 1985-1995, and a data set compiled for this study that links South Carolina Vital Records Linked Live Birth/Infant Death Certificates with discharge data from the Level III Neonatal Nursery at the Medical University of South Carolina for VLBW infants during 1990-1995. This study builds upon research, providing possible racial disparity and birth weight insights into neonatal and postneonatal mortality during a time of great technological changes that have not been examined before. It also will provide insight about post discharge mortality, an issue that has not been considered since the 1980s. The findings from both these issues will be of interest to health delivery/utilization agencies, maternal and child health policy makers, health outcomes researchers, and clinicians.
MeSH Terms:
  • Cause of Death
  • Continental Population Groups
  • Data Collection
  • Geriatric Assessment
  • Hospitalization
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • * Infant Mortality
  • * Infant, Very Low Birth Weight
  • Longevity
  • Risk Factors
  • Time Factors
  • United States
Keywords:
  • African American
  • Caucasian American
  • clinical research
  • epidemiology
  • gestational age
  • hospital length of stay
  • human birth weight
  • human data
  • infant mortality
  • low birth weight infant human
  • racial /ethnic difference
  • research support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
Country: United States
State: Alabama
Zip Code: 35294
UI: 20011320
Project Status: Archived