Research Article
Antenatal Corticosteroids for Late-Preterm Infants: A Decision-Analytic and Economic Analysis
Table 5
Number of cases of acute respiratory disease prevented and dollars saved through administration of ACS to hypothetical late-preterm birth cohort, assuming base-case estimates and late-preterm birth rate approximately 331,500 infants.
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*Assumes that prevalence of late-preterm live singletons delivered annually (331,500) is divided equally between each gestational age week. ACS: antenatal corticosteroids; ARD: acute respiratory disease. |