Study on Mean Birth Weight and Medical Care System at City Hospital |
Young Mi Kim, Woon Ja Chung, Mi Kyung Kim, Shin Na Kim |
Department of Pediatrics, Dongboo City Hospital, Seoul, Korea |
시립병원에서 출생한 신생아의 체중에 대한 고찰 |
김영미, 정운자, 김미경, 김신나 |
서울시립동부병원 소아과 |
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Abstract |
Since Dongboo City Hospital cares patients with medicaid and poor socio-economic status in large percentage, we analized all the newborns delivered at the hospital from 1984 to 1992 by their birth weights, gender, gestational age and their Medical Care System. We found our babies' mean birth weight was lower than National standard mean birth weight of 1975 and 1985 (published by KPA) and also lower than other reported studies. But the fact than mean birth weight has been increasing since 1990 is encouraging. |
Key Words:
Mean birth weight, Medical Care System |
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