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Review
. 2019 Aug;9(8):651-654.
doi: 10.1542/hpeds.2019-0106. Epub 2019 Jul 12.

Improving the Child Welfare System to Respond to the Needs of Substance-Exposed Infants

Stephen W Patrick  1   2   3   4   5 , Richard G Frank  6 , Elizabeth McNeer  3   7 , Bradley D Stein  5   8
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Improving the Child Welfare System to Respond to the Needs of Substance-Exposed Infants

Stephen W Patrick et al. Hosp Pediatr. 2019 Aug.
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POTENTIAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST: The authors have indicated they have no potential conflicts of interest to disclose.

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FIGURE 1
Number of US infants <1 year of age in the US foster system. Data are from authors’ analysis of the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System.
FIGURE 2
FIGURE 2
A, Rate of infants <1 year of age in foster care per 1000 live births. Data are from authors’ analysis of the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Natality data (https://wonder.cdc.gov/natality-current.html). B, Rate of infants <1 year of age in foster care associated with parental substance use per 1000 live births. Parental substance use may be unreported in some states.
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