Paid Family and Childbearing Leave Policies at Top US Medical Schools

Nicholas S Riano; Eleni Linos; Erin C Accurso; Dawn Sung; Elizabeth Linos; Julia F Simard; Christina Mangurian

doi:10.1001/jama.2017.19519

Paid Family and Childbearing Leave Policies at Top US Medical Schools

JAMA. 2018 Feb 13;319(6):611-614. doi: 10.1001/jama.2017.19519.

Authors

Nicholas S Riano¹, Eleni Linos², Erin C Accurso¹, Dawn Sung¹, Elizabeth Linos³, Julia F Simard⁴, Christina Mangurian¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco.
² Department of Dermatology, University of California, San Francisco.
³ University of California, Berkeley.
⁴ Department of Health Research and Policy, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California.

Abstract

This study characterizes variations in duration, salary support, policy clarity, and constraints or prerequisites for childbearing and family leave policies at 12 top-tier US medical schools.

MeSH terms

Organizational Policy*
Parental Leave / statistics & numerical data*
Physicians, Women
Schools, Medical / organization & administration*
Sick Leave / statistics & numerical data
United States

Abstract

MeSH terms

Grants and funding