Childbearing and Family Leave Policies for Physicians at US Children's Hospitals

Lois K Lee; Kelsey A Miller; Geeranan Chuersanga; Patrice Melvin; Judith Zola; Valerie L Ward

doi:10.1016/j.jpeds.2022.12.008

Childbearing and Family Leave Policies for Physicians at US Children's Hospitals

J Pediatr. 2023 Apr:255:240-246. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2022.12.008. Epub 2022 Dec 14.

Authors

Lois K Lee¹, Kelsey A Miller², Geeranan Chuersanga³, Patrice Melvin⁴, Judith Zola⁵, Valerie L Ward⁶

Affiliations

¹ Division of Emergency Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA; Office of Health Equity and Inclusion, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA; Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Sandra L. Fenwick Institute for Pediatric Health Equity and Inclusion, Boston, MA. Electronic address: lois.lee@childrens.harvard.edu.
² Division of Emergency Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA; Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
³ Office of Health Equity and Inclusion, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA.
⁴ Office of Health Equity and Inclusion, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA; Sandra L. Fenwick Institute for Pediatric Health Equity and Inclusion, Boston, MA.
⁵ Office of Human Resources, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA.
⁶ Office of Health Equity and Inclusion, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA; Sandra L. Fenwick Institute for Pediatric Health Equity and Inclusion, Boston, MA; Department of Radiology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA; Department of Radiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.

PMID: 36528054
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2022.12.008

Abstract

The objective of this study was to examine the childbirth and parental leave policies for physicians at children's hospitals. We obtained institutional policies from 15 hospitals in 2021. The median duration of full salaried leave was 8 weeks (range, 2-12 weeks). Leave policies vary widely among US children's hospitals.

Keywords: childbirth leave; parental leave.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Child
Family Leave
Hospitals, Pediatric
Humans
Organizational Policy
Parental Leave*
Physicians*