Singleton preterm birth rates for racial and ethnic groups during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic in California

Affiliations

¹ Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford Medical School Office Bldg., 1265 Welch Rd., MS 5415, Stanford, CA 94305; California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative, Stanford, CA. Electronic address: emain@Stanford.edu.
² California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative, Stanford, CA; Division of Neonatal and Developmental Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA.
³ California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative, Stanford, CA; Critical Juncture, LLC, Mill Valley, CA.
⁴ Center for Health Policy and the Center for Primary Care and Outcomes Research, Stanford University, Stanford, CA.
⁵ Division of Neonatal and Developmental Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA.

Elliott K Main et al. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2021 Feb.

. 2021 Feb;224(2):239-241.

doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2020.10.033. Epub 2020 Oct 23.

¹ Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford Medical School Office Bldg., 1265 Welch Rd., MS 5415, Stanford, CA 94305; California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative, Stanford, CA. Electronic address: emain@Stanford.edu.
² California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative, Stanford, CA; Division of Neonatal and Developmental Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA.
³ California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative, Stanford, CA; Critical Juncture, LLC, Mill Valley, CA.
⁴ Center for Health Policy and the Center for Primary Care and Outcomes Research, Stanford University, Stanford, CA.
⁵ Division of Neonatal and Developmental Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA.

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