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The Cost of Saving the Tiniest Lives: NICUs versus Prevention

Jonathan Muraskas, Kayhan Parsi

The AMA Journal of Ethic · 2008 · 70 citations · 7 references

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In an incisive Narrative Matters piece in Health Affairs, John Lantos made the following observation about neonatal intensive care units (NICUs):

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