Published on in Vol 11 (2025)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/58944, first published .
Assessing the Impact of Distance Traveled and Birth Volumes of Hospital Maternity Units on Newborn Outcomes: Population-Based Cohort Study

Assessing the Impact of Distance Traveled and Birth Volumes of Hospital Maternity Units on Newborn Outcomes: Population-Based Cohort Study

Assessing the Impact of Distance Traveled and Birth Volumes of Hospital Maternity Units on Newborn Outcomes: Population-Based Cohort Study

Anna Cantarutti   1 * , PhD ;   Riccardo Boracchini   1 * , MSc ;   Roberto Bellù   2 , MD ;   Raffaella Ronco   1 , MSc ;   Federico Rea   1 , PhD ;   Anna Locatelli   3 , MD ;   Rinaldo Zanini   4 , MD ;   Giovanni Corrao   1 , PhD

1 National Centre for Healthcare Research & Pharmacoepidemiology, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy

2 Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Woman and Child Health Department, Azienda Ospedaliera della Provincia di Lecco, Lecco, Italy

3 Department of Obstetrics, IRCCS San Gerardo dei Tintori Foundation, University of Milano-Bicocca, Monza, Italy

4 General Management, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy

*these authors contributed equally

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  • Anna Cantarutti, PhD
  • National Centre for Healthcare Research & Pharmacoepidemiology
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