Disentangling the Effects of Risk Factors and Clinical Care on Subnational Variation in Early Neonatal Mortality in the United States

Lahn D. Straney; Stephen S. Lim; Christopher J. L. Murray

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0049399

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Disentangling the Effects of Risk Factors and Clinical Care on Subnational Variation in Early Neonatal Mortality in the United States

Lahn D. Straney ,

* E-mail: lahn.straney@monash.edu

Affiliations The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, The Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Department of Epidemiology and Preventative Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Stephen S. Lim,

Affiliation The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, The Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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Christopher J. L. Murray

Affiliation The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, The Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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Disentangling the Effects of Risk Factors and Clinical Care on Subnational Variation in Early Neonatal Mortality in the United States

Lahn D. Straney,
Stephen S. Lim,
Christopher J. L. Murray

Published: November 14, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0049399

About the Authors

Lahn D. Straney

* E-mail: lahn.straney@monash.edu

Affiliations The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, The Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Department of Epidemiology and Preventative Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Stephen S. Lim

Affiliation The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, The Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Christopher J. L. Murray

Affiliation The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, The Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LS SSL CJLM. Analyzed the data: LS SSL. Wrote the paper: LS SSL.

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