Health Insurance and Differences in Infant Mortality Rates in the US.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Health insurance status is associated with differences in access to health care and health outcomes. Therefore, maternal health insurance type may be associated with differences in infant outcomes in the US.

Objective

To determine whether, among infants born in the US, maternal private insurance compared with public Medicaid insurance is associated with a lower infant mortality rate (IMR).

Design, setting, and participants

This cohort study used data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Wide-Ranging Online Data for Epidemiologic Research expanded linked birth and infant death records database from 2017 to 2020. Hospital-born infants from 20 to 42 weeks of gestational age were included if the mother had either private or Medicaid insuran

SUBMITTER: Johnson DL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10576209 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature