The premise that unintended childbearing has significant negative effects on the behavior of
mothers and on the health of infants strongly influences public health policy and much of …

Propensity score analysis (PSA) is a common method for estimating treatment effects, but
researchers dealing with data from survey designs are generally not properly accounting for …

Importance Percutaneous ventricular assist devices (PVADs) provide robust hemodynamic
support compared with intra-aortic balloon pumps (IABPs), but clinical use patterns are …

Better understanding of the impact of unintended childbearing on infant and early childhood
health is needed for public health practice and policy. Data from the 2004–2008 Oklahoma …

When a child must be removed from the family home, placement with a relative is often
sought because kinship care is the least restrictive and most family-like out-of-home …

The aim of this study was to compare in-hospital cost and outcomes between transcatheter
aortic valve implantation (TAVI) and surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR). TAVI is an …

In 2006, in response to the high maternal mortality, driven largely by unsafe abortions, the
government of Ghana, in partnership with other organizations, launched the reducing …

Objectives While the benefits of Seguro Popular health insurance in Mexico relative to no
insurance have been widely documented, little has been reported on its effects relative to …

Objective This study sought to identify the temporal trends of presenting diagnoses and
vascular procedures performed for peripheral arterial disease (PAD) along with the rates of …

Objectives. We examined the relationship between having a history of incarceration and
being a current smoker using a national sample of noninstitutionalized Black adults living in …