Access to perinatal healthcare in minority Anglophones: Hospital type and birth outcomes.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

We assessed the relationship between hospital characteristics and risk of adverse birth outcomes among minority Anglophones in Montreal, Canada.

Methods

The study included 124,670 births among Anglophones in metropolitan Montreal between 1998 and 2019. We estimated risk ratios (RR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) for the association between hospital characteristics, including residential proximity to hospitals and language in which medical services are provided, and risks of preterm birth and stillbirth. Models were adjusted for maternal socioeconomic status and other characteristics.

Results

In this study, 8% of Anglophones had a preterm birth and 0.4% a stillbirth. Anglophone women who delivered at a farther French hospital had a greater risk of stillbi

SUBMITTER: Auger N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10112798 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature