PEDIATRICS Vol. 75 No. 4 April 1985, pp. 799-800
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Neonatal Intensive Care: Cost-Benefit Analysis

DONNA-JEAN B. WALKER MD1, ALLAN FELDMAN PhD1, BETTY R. VOHR MD1, and WILLIAM OH MD1

1 Department of Pediatrics, Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island, 50 Maude St, Providence, RI 02908

In Reply.—

In response to the comments on our paper1 dealing with the issue of cost-benefit analysis of health care delivery to the very low-birth-weight infants.

1. Neuspiel raised two issues. The first issue refers to placing a dollar value on human life. The final sentence of the abstract of our paper may be read by some to infer that care of infants weighing less than 900 g at birth is not economically beneficial; therefore, these infants should be restricted from receiving this care.