Regional Disparities, Economic Development, and Neonatal Mortality and Hospital Delivery in China
This cohort study of more than 2900 counties in China suggests that an increase in hospital deliveries was associated with reduced neonatal mortality in rural and economically underdeveloped areas in China. To further reduce neonatal mortality and improve newborn health, it is imperative to increase the accessibility of hospital delivery services.
Authors
- Jianmeng Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3220-6084)
- Yanqiu Gao
- Hai Fang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1409-3917)
- Shusheng Luo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4796-4985)
- Arturo Vargas Bustamante (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0414-5015)
- Xi Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2168-9057)
- Haijun Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9198-8098)
Institutions
- National Bureau of Statistics of China (CN)
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
- University of California, Los Angeles (US)
- Peking University (CN)
- National Health and Family Planning Commission (CN)
- Yale University (US)
- Yale New Haven Health System (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JAMA Network Open
- Published
- 2024-11-06
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.43423
- Citations
- 7
- Primary Topic
- Global Maternal and Child Health
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 7.76
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China