Patient Sociodemographics and Comorbidities and Birth Hospital Characteristics Associated With Postpartum Emergency Department Care.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Postpartum emergency department (ED) visits may indicate poor access to care and risk for maternal morbidity.

Objectives

To identify patient and hospital characteristics associated with postpartum ED visit rates.

Design, setting, and participants

This retrospective cohort study used data from the 2014 to 2016 New York State Inpatient Database and State Emergency Department Database. All obstetric discharges from acute care hospitals in New York State from January 1, 2014, through November 15, 2016, were included. Obstetric discharges in the inpatient database were linked to subsequent ED visits by the same patient in the ED database. Data were analyzed from February 2020 to August 2022.

Exposures

Patient characteristics assessed included age, race, i

SUBMITTER: Zarrin H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10031389 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature