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Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation BioMed Central Research Open Access The economic burden of treating neonates in Intensive Care Units (ICUs) in Greece Mary Geitona†1, Magdalini Hatzikou†1, Zoi Hatzistamatiou†2, Aggeliki Anastasiadou†2 and T D Theodoratou*†3 Address: 1Department of Economics, University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece, 2Department of Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Alexandra Hospital, Athens, Greece and 3Department of Health Care Affairs, Boehringer Ingelhmeim Hellas, Ellinikou 2, Elliniko, P.C. 16777, Athens, Greece Email: Mary Geitona - geitona@uth.gr; Magdalini Hatzikou - hatzikou@; Zoi Hatzistamatiou - hatzistamatiou@; Aggeliki Anastasiadou - dorina70@; T D Theodoratou* - theodoratou@ * Corresponding author †Equal contributors Published: 16 July 2007 Received: 30 January 2007 Accepted: 16 July 2007 Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation 2007, 5:9 doi:10.1186/1478-7547-5-9 This article is available from: /content/5/1/9 © 2007 Geitona et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background: In a period when a public-private mix in Greece is under consideration and hospital budgets become restrained, economic assessment is important for rational decision making. The study aimed to estimate the hospitalization cost of neonates admitted to the ICU