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This study examined the evolution of neonatal mortality risk in planned home births compared with hospital births from 2014 to 2024.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This is a retrospective observational analysis using US natality detail files from 2014 to 2024. The primary outcome was neonatal death. This study used a pooled logistic regression to estimate the overall odds ratio (OR) for home birth versus hospital birth, interacting home birth with period indicators (2014\u20102016, 2017\u20102019, 2020\u20102021, 2022\u20102024). The sensitivity analyses also considered how much the individual \u201clow\u2010risk\u201d sample restrictions contributed.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Planned home birth was associated with a higher OR for neonatal death relative to hospital birth (OR, 1.71; 95% CI, 1.23\u20102.37), but the adjusted OR (aOR) was not statistically significant (aOR, 1.30; 95% CI, 0.92\u20101.83) from 2014 to 2024. Joint Wald tests indicated that the prepandemic aORs (2014\u20102016 and 2017\u20102019) were not statistically different from the 2020\u20102021 reference period (\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      =\u00a0.234), whereas the 2022\u20102024 aOR was weakly significant (\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      =\u00a0.055).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      In the sensitivity analyses, re\u2010including pregnancies with higher\u2010risk conditions increased the aOR. Adding back noncredentialed midwives to the sample had the largest effect on the aOR (aOR, 1.70;\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      &lt;\u00a0.001;\n                      <jats:italic>q<\/jats:italic>\n                      &lt;\u00a0.001). Adding back breech presentations (aOR, 1.46;\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      =\u00a0.014;\n                      <jats:italic>q<\/jats:italic>\n                      =\u00a0.060), congenital abnormalities (aOR, 1.37;\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      =\u00a0.030;\n                      <jats:italic>q<\/jats:italic>\n                      =\u00a0.087), postterm births (aOR, 1.37;\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      =\u00a0.056;\n                      <jats:italic>q<\/jats:italic>\n                      =\u00a0.125), and missing controls (aOR, 1.36;\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      =\u00a0.068;\n                      <jats:italic>q<\/jats:italic>\n                      =\u00a0.129) increased the aOR as well.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Discussion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>For low\u2010risk births attended by certified nurse\u2010midwives\/certified midwives or physicians, the neonatal mortality differential between planned home and hospital settings was modest from 2014 to 2024. 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