Ranked severe maternal morbidity index for population-level surveillance at delivery hospitalization based on hospital discharge data.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Severe maternal morbidity (SMM) is broadly defined as an unexpected and potentially life-threatening event associated with labor and delivery. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) produced 21 different indicators based on International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM) hospital diagnostic and procedure codes to identify cases of SMM.

Objectives

To examine existing SMM indicators and determine which indicators identified the most in-hospital mortality at delivery hospitalization.

Methods

Data from the 1993-2015 and 2017-2019 Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project's National Inpatient Sample were used to report SMM indicator-specific prevalences, in-hospital mortality rates, and population attributable

SUBMITTER: Kuklina EV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10635479 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature