[Articles] The effects of the Rx Kids unconditional cash prescription programme during pregnancy and infancy on birth outcomes in the USA: a population-based, quasi-experimental study

With significant reductions in adverse birth outcomes, the treatment of perinatal poverty with a place-based intervention as replicable and scalable as Rx Kids has important implications for infants and society. These findings suggest that the economic hardship of the perinatal period, starting in utero, contributes to adverse outcomes and is addressable.