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Severe maternal morbidity rates in a US-based electronic health record database, 2018–2022

Journal of Perinatology volume 43, pages 1316–1318 (2023)Cite this article

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  1. Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA

    Moeun Son & Jennifer F. Culhane

  2. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA

    Judette M. Louis

  3. Division of Neonatology, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    Sara C. Handley & Heather H. Burris

  4. Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    Sara C. Handley & Heather H. Burris

  5. Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    Sara C. Handley & Heather H. Burris

  6. Division of Neonatology, Nemours Children’s Hospital, Wilmington, DE, USA

    Jay Greenspan & Kevin Dysart

  7. Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    Jay Greenspan & Kevin Dysart

  8. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, USA

    Kathryn M. McKenney

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MS made substantial contribution to the conception and design of the work, interpretation of the data, drafted the work, and agrees to be accountable for all aspects of the work in ensuring that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved. JFC, JML, SCH, HHB, JG and KMM made substantial contributions to the conception and design of the work, reviewed the work critically for important intellectual content, give final approval of the version to be published, and agree to be accountable for all aspects of the work in ensuring that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved. KD made substantial contributions to the conception and design of the work, acquired, analyzed, and interpreted the data for the work, reviewed the work critically for important intellectual content, gives final approval of the version to be published, and agrees to be accountable for all aspects of the work in ensuring that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved.

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Son, M., Culhane, J.F., Louis, J.M. et al. Severe maternal morbidity rates in a US-based electronic health record database, 2018–2022. J Perinatol 43, 1316–1318 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41372-023-01765-7

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