Betsy Salazar, MD MSHP FAAP
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Betsy Salazar, MD MSHP FAAP
@bsalazarmd.bsky.social
Neonatologist. Health services researcher partial to health economics. Passionate about pediatric healthcare financing and operations.
Excited to share our qualitative analysis on unconditional cash transfers in the NICU! Cash transfers provided caregivers a sense of relief in the financial/mental stress.

Thankful for an amazing team and support (@policylabchop.bsky.social).

Learn more: www.academicpedsjnl.net/article/S187...
Unconditional Cash Transfers for Medicaid Eligible Parents of Preterm Infants: A Qualitative Study within a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial
Emerging evidence has demonstrated mixed results regarding the ability of unconditional cash transfers to intervene on the pathway between poverty and adverse term infant outcomes. Parents of preterm ...
www.academicpedsjnl.net
November 11, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Reposted by Betsy Salazar, MD MSHP FAAP
During the pandemic, the expanded Child Tax Credit helped families meet basic needs like food and housing. New @policylabchop.bsky.social research links receiving the eCTC during pregnancy to small improvements in birth outcomes. Learn more: https://bit.ly/48CnBRo
Cash Transfers and Healthy Birth Outcomes
New study finds extended child tax credit payments are associated with small improvements in birth outcomes, particularly among low-income families.
ldi.upenn.edu
October 23, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Reposted by Betsy Salazar, MD MSHP FAAP
📰 FRIDAY READING
Cash Transfers and Healthy Birth Outcomes: Promising New Evidence and What’s Next
policylab.chop.edu/blog/cash-tr...
Cash Transfers and Healthy Birth Outcomes: Promising New Evidence and What’s Next
Our new PolicyLab research finds eCTC payments to be associated with small improvements in birth outcomes, particularly among low-income and Medicaid-insured families.
policylab.chop.edu
November 7, 2025 at 2:12 PM