Opioid prescriptions during pregnancy linked to higher rates of childhood hospital admission (IMAGE)

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Opioid prescriptions during pregnancy linked to higher rates of childhood hospital admission

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Adjusted incidence rate ratio estimates of the association between prenatal opioid exposure and hospital admissions among children, using a 1:5 PS-matched cohort (2010–2017).

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Kim HJ et al., 2026, PLOS Medicine, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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