WEI Cong,YANG Pu,WANG Xia,et al.A study on the medical burden of preterm infants inpatient in NICU of a certain grade A tertiary hospital in Wuhan from 2015 to 2021[J].Medical Journal of Wuhan University,2025,46(07):916-921.
WEI Cong,YANG Pu,WANG Xia,et al.A study on the medical burden of preterm infants inpatient in NICU of a certain grade A tertiary hospital in Wuhan from 2015 to 2021[J].Medical Journal of Wuhan University,2025,46(07):916-921.DOI: 10.14188/j.1671-8852.2022.0876.
A study on the medical burden of preterm infants inpatient in NICU of a certain grade A tertiary hospital in Wuhan from 2015 to 2021
To explore the burden and composition of hospitalization expenses of preterm infants in general hospitals
and to provide evidence for medical insurance payment of special residents.
Methods
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Clinical data and hospitalization expenses of preterm infants hospitalized in the NICU of Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University from 2015 to 2021 were collected and summarized. According to payment items
the expenses were decomposed into drug expenses
bed expenses
treatment expenses
examination fees
materials fees and imaging fees
etc. The data were statistically analyzed by birth gestational age (GA) and body weight (BW).
Results
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The median gestational age of preterm infants in this study was 34 weeks
the median birth weight was 2 090 g
the median hospitalization cost was 20 494 (13 120
33 323) yuan
and the length of hospitalization was 11(7
17) days. The hospital expenses of preterm infants increased by 80% in 7 years. The hospitalization expenses of surviving extremely preterm infants and GA 28⁃week preterm infants were significantly higher than those of other GA groups. The hospital expenses for extremely low and very low birth weight infants were 67 039 yuan and 50 580 yuan.
Conclusion
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In the recent 7 years
the medical expenses of hospitalized preterm infants in NICU increased gradually
and increased with the decrease of gestational age and birth weight
with treatment costs being the main contributor to the increase. Grouping preterm infants by gestational age is more accurate than by birth weight in reflecting the actual hospitalization costs required for their diseases.
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