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26. When is a ‘High-Risk’ Pregnancy a Good Thing?

Freakonomics, M.D.

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Do Women Just Above 35 Receive More Pregnancy Care Than Women Just Below 35?

Women just above age 35 receive substantially more intensive prenata care. Detailed ultra sounds increased by normol 16 percentage points at age 35. antipartum fedal surveillance increased by almost five percentage points. But did these women do any better? Researchers found that there was no difference in maternal morbidity.

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