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Prenatal exposure to prescribed drugs in Tennessee Medicaid, 1983–1988
Author(s) -
Piper Joyce M.,
Mitchel Edward F.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
paediatric and perinatal epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.667
H-Index - 88
eISSN - 1365-3016
pISSN - 0269-5022
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-3016.1991.tb00726.x
Subject(s) - medicine , medicaid , pregnancy , prenatal care , pharmacy , obstetrics , family medicine , environmental health , demography , health care , population , genetics , economics , biology , economic growth , sociology
Summary. This report describes the prenatal exposure histories of 107 804 women to prescribed drugs other than vitamins, iron and other minerals. The data were obtained from Tennessee Medicaid pharmacy files linked to birth and fetal death certificates for 1983–1988. The utility of these data to other investigators in predicting power or estimating sample size for studies of drug exposure in pregnancy associated with adverse birth outcomes is discussed.