Association of China's two-child policy with changes in number of births and birth defects rate, 2008-2017

• Main Authors: Hanyi Chen (Author), Ting Wei (Author), Haiyin Wang (Author), Yi Zhou (Author), Hua Chen (Author), Lianghong Sun (Author), Shaotan Xiao (Author), Wuren Ma (Author), Huijuan Zhao (Author), Guanghua Chen (Author), Xinlei Liang (Author), Donglan Zhang (Author), Weiwei Zheng (Author), Yixin Zhou (Author), Zhangsheng Yu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2022-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background In October 2015, China's one-child policy was universally replaced by a so-called two-child policy. This study investigated the association between the enactment of the new policy and changes in the number of births, and health-related birth outcomes. Methods We used differe...