{"title":"Reduce the medical, economic impact of preterm delivery.","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Reducing hospitalization for threatened preterm labor: A new laboratory test for preterm labor helps determine which women are unlikely to deliver soon, avoiding unnecessary hospital stays. A clinical study conducted at a New Mexico hospital shows the test saved $486,000 in a 12-month period.</p>","PeriodicalId":79903,"journal":{"name":"Health care cost reengineering report","volume":"3 9","pages":"134-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1998-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Health care cost reengineering report","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Reducing hospitalization for threatened preterm labor: A new laboratory test for preterm labor helps determine which women are unlikely to deliver soon, avoiding unnecessary hospital stays. A clinical study conducted at a New Mexico hospital shows the test saved $486,000 in a 12-month period.