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Hospital Reporting Practices and Quality of Newborn Race and Ethnicity Data

JAMA Pediatrics 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2026.2874

August 03, 2026 at 11:00 AM EDT

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This cohort study examines the available race and ethnicity data and data collection methods during birth hospitalizations and readmissions of neonates at US hospitals.

Corresponding Author: Leela Sarathy, MD, Division of Newborn Medicine, 55 Fruit St, Austen 526F, Boston, MA 02114 (lsarathy@mgb.org).

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