MPH faculty find early discharge of NAS infants prolongs treatment
Infants who are diagnosed with drug withdrawal after birth who are treated with medication as outpatients at home are treated three times longer than infants treated solely as inpatients, according to a new Vanderbilt study. The findings were published in The Journal of Pediatrics with senior author Stephen Patrick, M.D., M.P.H., director of the Vanderbilt Center for Child Health Policy and assistant professor of Pediatrics and Health Policy. William Cooper, M.D., M.P.H., director of the Center for Patient and Professional Advocacy, Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs, and Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor, Pediatrics and Health Policy, is also an author of the study.