Impact of the Finnish Maternity Grant on infant mortality rates in the 20th century: a natural experimental study.
Ronan McCabeVittal Srinivasa KatikireddiDundas RuthMika GisslerPeter CraigPublished in: Journal of epidemiology and community health (2022)
While we observed changes in IMRs associated with Maternity Grant introduction and universalisation, these changes cannot be disentangled from the impact of the Second World War or other relevant policy developments on infant mortality. Consequently, the relationship between the Finnish Baby Box or comparable contemporary interventions and infant mortality remains unclear.