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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Sep 22.
Published in final edited form as: Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2008 Aug;162(8):748–755. doi: 10.1001/archpedi.162.8.748

Table 1. Use of Services From Initial Hospital Discharge to 18 to 22 Months’ Corrected Age.

Estimated Gestational Age, wk, %
Service Used ≤24 (n=585) 25 (n=634) 26 (n=640) 27 (n=456) Total, No. (%) (N=2315)
Visiting nurse, % of patients 63.9 57.6 57.8 53.1 1358 (58.7)
Occupational therapy or physical therapy, % of patients 70.7 60.6 56.1 50.2 1386 (59.9)
Speech and language, % of patients 41.2 35.8 30.3 25.6 779 (33.7)
Early intervention, % of patients 60.5 56.8 55.2 48.7 1289 (55.7)
Social worker, % of patients 30.6 24.4 23.3 23.9 592 (25.6)
Medical specialty, % of patients 76.9 73.5 68.1 70.2 1666 (72.0)
Neurodevelopmental and behavioral, % of patients 72.8 72.1 67.0 61.4 1592 (68.8)
No. of services, % of patients
 0 3.1 3.9 4.1 5.9 96 (4.1)
 0-1 7.2 10.1 14.2 16.7 273 (11.8)
 2-3 27.9 35.5 33.9 37.7 777 (33.6)
 4-5 39.1 33.9 35.9 32.7 823 (35.6)
 6-7 25.8 20.5 15.9 12.9 442 (19.1)