Maternal Drug Use and Its Effect on Neonates

In Brief OBJECTIVE: To estimate the effect of maternal illicit and prescription drug use on neonates in Washington State between 2000 and 2008. METHODS: We used state-linked birth certificate and hospital discharge (mother and neonate) data to calculate prenatal drug exposure and neonatal abstinence syndrome rates, and compared state neonatal abstinence syndrome rates with national-level data from the Nationwide Inpatient Sample. We identified...