Infant mortality in Mississippi: potential strategies to improve infant health
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Series Title(s):
- Issue brief (Center for Mississippi Health Policy)
- Contributor(s):
- Center for Mississippi Health Policy, issuing body.
- Publication:
- Jackson, Mississippi, : Center for Mississippi Health Policy, January 2014
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Infant Health -- economics Infant Health -- statistics & numerical data Infant Mortality Cost of Illness Infant, Low Birth Weight Infant, Very Low Birth Weight Perinatal Care Preconception Care Pregnancy Outcome Prenatal Care Humans Mississippi United States
- Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- Mississippi's high infant death and illness rates are significant public health problems. This issue brief reviews health and economic impacts of poor birth outcomes in Mississippi and examines potential strategies for improvement.
- Copyright:
- Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY license. (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (1 PDF file (4 pages))
- Illustrations:
- Illustrations
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101722717 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101722717