David Fishwick, Melanie Carder, Ireny Iskandar, Beth Charlotte Fishwick, Martie van Tongeren
Occupational inhalational accidents: analysis of cases from the UK SWORD reporting scheme from 1999 to 2018
Occupational and environmental medicine
preterm births account disproportionately high healthcare costs large part due expenses related length stay hospital neonatal intensive care unit nicu common preterm infants receive human milk fortifier hmf nicu liquid hmf available acidified nonacidified formulations recent randomized clinical trial found acidified hmf associated increased incidence metabolic acidosis may contribute increased costs longer nicu length stay present study secondary analysis data seeking determine whether additional factors contribute metabolic acidosis whether metabolic acidosis associated longer hospital length stay whether associations contribute burden hospital costs study sample consisted 152 infants hospitalized us nicus multiple logistic regression used model nicu length stay data 2012 healthcare cost utilization project hcup kids inpatient database kid used calculate average cost charge per day nicu costs charges adjusted us year 2018 values using health consumer price index results indicated acidified hmf strong predictor metabolic acidosis gestational age birth weight furthermore metabolic acidosis associated incremental nicu costs charges us19002 us65462 per infant longer nicu los future studies investigate factors contribute nicu length stay associated costs care clinicaltrialsgov nct02307760