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Potential Measures

As you add potential measures, please include a description, calculations for the measure and possible data sources.

1. % of babies with born with NAS

  • Description: # of babies born with NAS in a county (or state) / # of Live births in that county (annual measure)
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2. Measure: Average length of stay for NAS newborns

  • Description: The increase in opioid abuse has been an increase in the number of infants born with opioid dependence. These infants often require costly, prolonged stays in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) for drug withdrawal treatment.
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