Out-of-home care placements of children and adolescents born preterm: A register-based cohort study.
Suvi AleniusKajantie EeroReijo SundMarkku NurhonenPieta Näsänen-GilmoreMarja VääräsmäkiMika GisslerPetteri HoviPublished in: Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology (2019)
A dose-response relationship exists between the level of preterm birth and OHC placement risk. OHC placements are more common among early and late preterm, and early term children, compared with those born full term, and occur at younger age. Perinatal and postnatal adverse circumstances appear to explain the phenomenon only partly.