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. 2020 Feb 1;174(2):200-202.
doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2019.4791.

Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome Incidence and Health Care Costs in the United States, 2016

Andrea E Strahan  1 , Gery P Guy Jr  1 , Michele Bohm  1 , Meghan Frey  2 , Jean Y Ko  3   4
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Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome Incidence and Health Care Costs in the United States, 2016

Andrea E Strahan et al. JAMA Pediatr. .

Abstract

This cross-sectional study examines the national incidence rate of neonatal abstinence syndrome using data from the 2016 Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project Kids’ Inpatient Database.

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Conflict of Interest Disclosures: None reported.

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