K. Hannan, Stephanie L. Bourque, Claire Levek, Suhong Tong, Sunah S. Hwang
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Background With advances in obstetrical and neonatal care, very low birthweight (VLBW, 1 year and involving several organ systems or 1 system severely enough to require specialty care and hospitalization, and/or reliance on a medical technology or device (technology dependence; (TD)). Racial/ethnic differences in the prevalence of CCC or TD in VLBW infants are not known. Thus, we sought to estimate the racial/ethnic difference in the prevalence of …