All issues > Volume 38(1); 1995

Original Article

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1995;38(1):27-35. Published online January 15, 1995.

Study on Mean Birth Weight and Medical Care System at City Hospital

Young Mi YM Kim¹, Woon Ja WJ Chung¹, Mi Kyung MK Kim¹, Shin Na SN Kim¹

¹Department of Pediatrics, Dongboo City Hospital, Seoul, Korea

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.

Keywords :Mean birth weight, Medical Care System