Premarket Notifications and Patents for Breast Pumps Before and After the ACA

Oluwarantimi Adetunji; Pallavi Pemmireddy; Trinidad Beleche; Sonal Parasrampuria

doi:10.1001/jama.2023.26528

Premarket Notifications and Patents for Breast Pumps Before and After the ACA

JAMA. 2024 Feb 20;331(7):615-616. doi: 10.1001/jama.2023.26528.

Authors

Oluwarantimi Adetunji¹, Pallavi Pemmireddy², Trinidad Beleche¹, Sonal Parasrampuria¹

Affiliations

¹ Office of the Assistant Secretary of Planning and Evaluation, Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC.
² Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York, New York.

No abstract available

Plain language summary

This study investigates whether ACA policies to increase access to breast pumps and lactation care were associated with innovation in the market for breast pumps.

MeSH terms

Breast Feeding* / economics
Breast Feeding* / instrumentation
Breast Feeding* / methods
Female
Humans
Insurance Coverage
Patents as Topic*
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act*
United States