Problems with measuring socioeconomic status (SES)—frequently included in clinical and
public health studies as a control variable and less frequently as the variable (s) of main …

The objective of this study is to examine the literature and identify most salient outcomes of
early postnatal discharge for women, newborns and the health system. An electronic search …

Estimates of moral hazard in health insurance markets can be confounded by adverse
selection. This paper considers a plausibly exogenous source of variation in insurance …

To describe income levels and the prevalence of major hardships among women during or
just before pregnancy. We separately analyzed 2002–2006 population-based postpartum …

Objectives. Income data are often missing for substantial proportions of survey participants
and these records are often dropped from analyses. To explore the implications of excluding …

Objective. We explored methods and potential applications of a systematic approach to
studying and monitoring social disparities in health and health care. Methods. Using …

OBJECTIVE. We sought to describe population-based trends, potential risk factors, and
hospital costs of readmission for jaundice for term and late preterm infants. METHODS. Birth …

BACKGROUND. Congress passed the Newborns' and Mothers' Health Protection Act in
1996, reversing the trend of shorter newborn nursery lengths of stay. Hope existed that …

Objectives.(1) To describe the relationship between postnatal home nursing visitation and
readmissions and emergency department (ED) visits for neonatal jaundice and dehydration …

Objective. Scant information exists on the effects of legislation mandating coverage of
minimum postnatal hospital stays on infant health outcomes. There are also gaps in …