Mandatory Child Protective Services Reporting for Substance-Exposed Newborns and Peripartum Outcomes: A Difference-in-Differences Analysis

MA 2024
JAMA Pediatrics
Scientific/Peer-reviewed article

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.

substance use disorder among pregnant and postpartum people; neonatal abstinence syndrome