Association Between the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic and National Disparities in Postpartum Visit Attendance.

ABSTRACT: This study used data from PRAMS (Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System) between 2016 and 2020 and found that postpartum visit attendance declined by 5.8 (95% CI -6.4 to -5.2) percentage points in the first 9 months of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. The greatest declines occurred among non-Hispanic Black individuals (-9.9, 95% CI -11.6 to -8.1 percentage points), individuals aged 19 years or younger (-9.9, 95% CI -13.5 to -6.2 percentage points), and individuals without postpartum insurance (-11.4, 95% CI -14.5 to -8.3 percentage points). Although the pandemic was associated with a decrease in reporting common barriers to attendance, including lack of transportation and not being able to leave work, it introduced new barriers that potentially contributed to widened

SUBMITTER: Bellerose M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10829906 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature