Mandatory Child Protective Services Reporting for Substance-Exposed Newborns and Peripartum Outcomes-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Mandatory Child Protective Services Reporting for Substance-Exposed Newborns and Peripartum Outcomes

Published:2024-07-01 Issue:7 Volume:178 Page:719
ISSN:2168-6203
Container-title:JAMA Pediatrics
language:en
Short-container-title:JAMA Pediatr

Author:

Khazanchi Rohan¹,Wachman Elisha M.²,Schiff Davida M.³,Modest Anna⁴,Saia Kelley A.⁵,Hsu Heather E.²

Affiliation:

1. Harvard Internal Medicine-Pediatrics Residency Program at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston Children’s Hospital, and Boston Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts

2. Department of Pediatrics, Boston Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts

3. Department of Pediatrics, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston

4. Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts

5. Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Boston Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts

Abstract

This cross-sectional study examines data across 17 birthing hospitals before and after a policy change at Boston Medical Center in how reporting decisions are made in cases of prenatal substance exposure.

Publisher

American Medical Association (AMA)

Link

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapediatrics/articlepdf/2818398/jamapediatrics_khazanchi_2024_ld_240013_1719260640.17272.pdf

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