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PA: Report: Rate of newborns with drug problems up 250 percent in Pennsylvania

October 5, 2016 by Greg Cywnar

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ:

PA: Report: Rate of newborns with drug problems up 250 percent in Pennsylvania
WTAE – September 27, 2016
The Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council report says nearly 2 percent of the roughly 2,700 newborn hospitalizations last year were due to substance-related issues. The group says that rate of 19.5 for every 1,000 newborn hospitalizations rose from 5.6 in 2000. Report: http://www.phc4.org/reports/researchbriefs/neonatal/092716/docs/researchbrief_neonatal_2000-2015.pdf
http://www.wtae.com/news/report-rate-of-newborns-with-drug-problems-up-250-percent-in-pennsylvania/41846226

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