Level and volume of neonatal intensive care and mortality in very-low-birth-weight infants.

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Published in N Engl J Med on May 24, 2007

Authors

Ciaran S Phibbs1, Laurence C Baker, Aaron B Caughey, Beate Danielsen, Susan K Schmitt, Roderic H Phibbs

Author Affiliations

1: Health Economics Resource Center and the Center for Health Care Evaluation, Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA. cphibbs@stanford.edu

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