In the conclusion the allude to two areas for improvement: access and prevention. 1) "Our results on neonatal mortality strongly suggest that differential acce

In the conclusion the allude to two areas for improvement: access and prevention. 1) "Our results on neonatal mortality strongly suggest that differential access to technology-intensive medical care provided shortly after birth is unlikely to explain the US IMR disadvantage" 2) "... in general, policy attention should focus on either preventing preterm births or on reducing postneonatal mortality."