Criteria for Determining Disability in Infants and Children: Low Birth Weight. Volume 1. Evidence Report and Appendixes. Evidence Report/Technology Assessment No. 70

摘要

The Social Security Administration (SSA) of the Department of Health and Human Services requested that the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), through its Evidence-based Practice Center (EPC) program, produce an evidence report to determine whether specific factors or combination of factors alone or in addition to birth weight predict significant developmental disability in former premature infants and whether premature infants with such factors have long-term developmental disabilities.