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. 2021 Jun 1;175(6):635-637.
doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2020.6512.

Association of Preterm Birth Rate With COVID-19 Statewide Stay-at-Home Orders in Tennessee

Elizabeth M Harvey  1 , Elizabeth McNeer  2 , Morgan F McDonald  3 , Carrie K Shapiro-Mendoza  1 , William D Dupont  2 , Wanda Barfield  1 , Stephen W Patrick  4
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Association of Preterm Birth Rate With COVID-19 Statewide Stay-at-Home Orders in Tennessee

Elizabeth M Harvey et al. JAMA Pediatr. .

Abstract

This cohort study analyzes preterm birth rates during statewide stay-at-home orders in Tennessee during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest Disclosures: Dr Dupont reports grants from National Institutes of Health during the conduct of the study and personal fees from Cambridge University Press outside the submitted work. Dr Patrick reports grants from National Institute on Drug Abuse, US Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services, The Boedecker Foundation, National Institute on Child Health and Human Development, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and National Institute of Mental Health outside the submitted work. No other disclosures were reported.

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Figure.. Overall Preterm and Late-Preterm Birth Rates in Tennessee From March 22 to April 30 by Birth Year, 2015 to 2020
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