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We excluded all multiple births, infants with birth defects, and infants at &amp;lt;33 weeks of gestation. Late preterm infants (LPIs) (34 to 36 weeks of gestation) were matched with term infants (37\u201342 weeks of gestation) according to propensity scores, on the basis of infant, maternal, and clinical characteristics.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>RESULTS:<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>A total of 5188 LPIs were matched successfully with 15303 term infants. LPIs had increased odds of poor outcomes during their birth hospitalization, including a need for mechanical ventilation (adjusted odds ratio [aOR]: 1.31 [95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.01\u20131.68]), respiratory distress syndrome (aOR: 2.84 [95% CI: 2.33\u20133.45]), and hypoglycemia (aOR: 1.60 [95% CI: 1.26\u20132.03]). Outpatient and inpatient Medicaid expenditures in the first year were both modestly higher (outpatient, adjusted marginal effect: $108 [95% CI: $58\u2013$158]; inpatient, $597 [95% CI: $528\u2013$666]) for LPIs.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>CONCLUSIONS:<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>LPIs are at increased risk of poor health-related outcomes during their birth hospitalization and of increased health care utilization during their first year.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1542\/peds.2009-2869","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2010,7,6]],"date-time":"2010-07-06T00:24:41Z","timestamp":1278375881000},"page":"e311-e319","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":113,"title":["Late Preterm Infants: Birth Outcomes and Health Care Utilization in the First Year"],"prefix":"10.1542","volume":"126","author":[{"given":"T. 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