Patrick Stuchlik

May 15, 2024 | digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu | David Goodman |Patrick Stuchlik |Cecilia Ganduglia-Cazaban |Jon E. Tyson

IMPORTANCE: Risk-adjusted neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) utilization and outcomes vary markedly across regions and hospitals. The causes of this variation are poorly understood. OBJECTIVE: To assess the association of hospital-level NICU bed capacity with utilization and outcomes in newborn cohorts with differing levels of health risk.

Feb 14, 2024 | jamanetwork.com | David Goodman |Cecilia Ganduglia-Cazaban |Patrick Stuchlik

Key PointsQuestion  Is hospital-level neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) bed supply associated with higher risk-adjusted newborn utilization and better outcomes? Findings  In this cohort study with 874 280 newborns, NICU bed supply was associated with statistically higher likelihood of NICU admission and special care days among late preterm and nonpreterm newborns, but not among very low birth weight newborns.