Holiday effect on childbirth: A population-based analysis of 21,869,652 birth records, 1979-2018

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 19; no. 2; p. e0296403
• Main Authors: Sassa, Miho, Kinoshita, Ryo, Murano, Yayoi, Shoji, Hiromichi, Yoneoka, Daisuke
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 14.02.2024; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Analysis; Biology and Life Sciences; Birth Certificates; Childbirth; Female; Holidays; Humans; Infant, Low Birth Weight; Infant, Newborn; Infant, Premature; Medical records; Medicine and Health Sciences; People and Places; Pregnancy; Pregnancy Outcome; Premature Birth - epidemiology; Research and Analysis Methods; Statistics; Japan

Maternity and neonatal services always have to operate 24 hours a day and 7 days a week, and require well preparedness to guarantee safe deliveries for both mothers and babies. However, the evidence of holiday effect from large-scale data is still insufficient from the obstetrics perspective. We ana...