Timing of outpatient postpartum care utilization among women with chronic hypertension and hypertensive disorders of pregnancy.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The postpartum period represents an opportunity to assess the cardiovascular health of women who experience chronic hypertension or hypertensive disorders of pregnancy.

Objective

This study aimed to determine whether women with chronic hypertension or hypertensive disorders of pregnancy access outpatient postpartum care more quickly compared to women with no hypertension.

Study design

We used data from the Merative MarketScan Commercial Claims and Encounters Database. We included 275,937 commercially insured women aged 12 to 55 years who had a live birth or stillbirth delivery hospitalization between 2017 and 2018 and continuous insurance enrollment from 3 months before the estimated start of pregnancy to 6 months after delivery discharge. Using the Interna

SUBMITTER: Aqua JK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10527898 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature