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Impact Of State-Led Surveillance Programs On Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome, Patricia Lewis
Impact Of State-Led Surveillance Programs On Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome, Patricia Lewis
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Introduction: Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) has been costly for the healthcare system, for every 24 minutes a baby was diagnosed in 2020. Uniform programs to diagnosis, track and prevent NAS have not been implemented previously. The NCBDDD worked with 6 states to implement a uniform surveillance program. By tracking the NAS incidence rate, the Apgar scores of infants with NAS, the length of stay for those infants, the cost of care for those infants and the percentage of mothers of infants with NAS were participating in Medication Assisted Treatment the effectiveness of the surveillance programs may be assessed.
Methodology: This …