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ArticleAmerican journal of perinatology2022

Birth Tourism Is Associated with Fewer Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Admissions: A Healthy Migrant Effect?

Jina Lim, Wang-Dar Sun, Lishi Zhang, Michel Mikhael

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Article in American journal of perinatology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 authors.

Jina LimNeonatal-Perinatal Medicine Division, Children's Hospital of Orange County, Orange, California.
Wang-Dar SunNeonatal-Perinatal Medicine Division, Children's Hospital of Orange County, Orange, California.
Lishi ZhangBiostatistics, Epidemiology, and Research Design Unit, Institute for Clinical and Translational Science, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California.
Michel MikhaelNeonatal-Perinatal Medicine Division, Children's Hospital of Orange County, Orange, California.ORCID 0000-0001-8307-6569

Funding

University of California Health Participation in the National COVID Cohort Collaborative (N3C)UL1TR001414 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE · PI COOPER, DAN M, VILAIN, ERIC J. · 2015 to 2023
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NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR001414
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveThis work aimed to study perinatal, maternal, and neonatal characteristics of birth tourism (BT) mother-baby dyads and the rate of neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) admissions of BT infants. STUDY

designRetrospective study at a regional perinatal center comparing BT mother-baby dyads to all dyads. BT infants admitted to the NICU were compared with a randomly selected group of infants admitted to the NICU during the same time period.

resultsA total of 1,755 BT dyads were identified over 4 years. BT mothers were older (32 vs. 28 years,

conclusionBirth tourism is associated with unique determinants of health. In our study, there were fewer NICU admissions, potentially explained by the healthy migrant effect. KEY POINTS: · Birthright citizenship attracts foreigners to give birth in the United States.. · BT is associated with unique social determinants of health.. · Fewer NICU admissions in our study are possibly explained by the healthy migrant effect..

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Intensive Care Units, NeonatalTransients and MigrantsCesarean SectionFemaleHumansInfantInfant, NewbornPregnancyRetrospective StudiesTourism

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PMCPMC10081830

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