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Wallace HM. 1974. Survey of special facilities for high risk newborn infants (Preliminary report no. III). Berkeley, CA: University of California, School of Public Health, 31 pp.

Annotation: This paper reports findings of a survey of all state MCH directors to collect information on the status of development of the field of perinatology in the United States. The survey asked the names and addresses of hospital intensive care units for the newborn, the name of the current director of that unit, and those units receiving MCH funds through the state MCH director.

Keywords: Neonatal intensive care units, Perinatology, State MCH programs, Surveys

Swyer PR, Goodwin JW, eds. 1973 (ca.). The report of the Joint Committee of the Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Canada and the Canadian Pediatric Society on the regionalization of reproductive care in Canada. Canada: Joint Committee of the Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Canada and the Canadian Pediatric Society, 71 pp.

Annotation: The report discusses providing the best reproductive care for Canadians regardless of race or geographic location through a regional system. It discusses the need for planning the delivery of reproductive care, the high risk mother, justification of perinatal intensive care by results, regional organization for reproductive care, transportation, personnel, facilities and equipment, administration, and research functions. The report ends with six appendices on antepartum fetal risk scores; a model of regional organization for reproductive care; the experience of a large urban neonatal referral unit; the costing for a neonatal intensive care unit, the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Ontario; a report on a perinatal intensive care unit; and a statement from nurse-midwives.

Keywords: Canada, Costs, High risk mothers, Infant mortality, Maternal health services, Maternal mortality, Neonatal intensive care units, Obstetrical care, Perinatal care, Perinatal mortality, Regional programs

Leonard AS. 1971. A regional concept in health care delivery to reduce infant mortality. No place: No publisher, 12 pp.

Annotation: This paper, presented before the U.S. Senate Committee on House Appropriations, Sub-Committee on Labor, Health, Education, and Welfare, speaks for the budget for Maternal and Child Health Services of the Health Services and Mental Health Administration of the U.S. Public Health Service. The speaker is associate professor of surgery and head of pediatric surgery at University Hospitals in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The specific focus of his remarks is regarding the need for emergency funding through MCH Services for regional facilities in the United States to decrease infant mortality, especially in rural and outlying communities. The presentation asks for transportation-communication system funding, intensive care facility funding, increased allocations for Crippled Children's Services, and patient funding for critical special problems.

Keywords: Children with developmental disabilities, Children with special health care needs, Communication, Congressional hearings, Financing, Infant mortality, MCH services, Maternal and Child Health Services, Neonatal intensive care units, Rural health, Transportation of patients

American Academy of Pediatrics, Committee on Hospital Care. 1963. Care of children in hospitals. (2nd ed.). Evanston, IL: American Academy of Pediatrics, Committee on Hospital Care, 152 pp.

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