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Dear Mary
I think how history shows similar trends as regards
obst, aneasthetists and others?!
Denise
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Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2002 3:19 PM
Subject: How much of a good thing do we
need?
From the recent New England Journal of Medicine: "Despite marked regional
variation in the availability of neonatal intensive care, it is not
known whether the supply of neonatologists or neonatal intensive
care beds is associated with neonatal mortality. This retrospective
cohort study involved almost 3.9 million U.S. infants with a birth
weight of 500 g or greater who were born in 1995. As compared with
infants born in regions with a very low supply of neonatologists
(2.7 per 10,000 births), those from regions with a low supply of
neonatologists (4.3 per 10,000 births) were less likely to die in
the first 27 days of life. However, further increases in the supply
of neonatologists were not associated with greater reductions in
risk. An Interesting article.
MM
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