Does advanced maternal age explain the longer hospitalisation of mothers after childbirth?

ABSTRACT:

Background

Fertility postponement, which has comprised the most significant reproductive trend in developed countries over the last few decades, involves a number of social, personal and health consequences. The length of stay (LOS) in hospital following childbirth varies considerably between countries. Czechia, where the fertility postponement process has been particularly dynamic, has one of the longest mean LOS of the OECD member countries.

Objective

We analyse the influence of the age of mothers on the LOS in hospital associated with childbirth.

Data and methods

We employed anonymised individual data provided by the General Health Insurance Company of the Czech Republic on women who gave birth in 2014. Kaplan-Meier survival plots and binary logistic regression wer

SUBMITTER: Stastna A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10101530 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature