maternal and child health

Racial and ethnic differences over time in outcomes of infants born at less than 30 weeks' gestation

Objectives: To examine changes in care practices over time by race and ethnicity and whether the decrease in hospital mortality and severe morbidities has benefited infants of minority over infants of white mothers.

Regional and racial/ethnic differences in perinatal interventions among periviable gestations

OBJECTIVE: To examine whether there are: 1) regional differences in three perinatal interventions that reflect active treatment among periviable gestations and 2) racial–ethnic differences in the receipt of these perinatal interventions after accounting for hospital region.