Neighborhood disinvestment and severe maternal morbidity in the state of California.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Social determinants of health, including neighborhood context, may be a key driver of severe maternal morbidity and its related racial and ethnic inequities; however, investigations remain limited.

Objective

This study aimed to examine the associations between neighborhood socioeconomic characteristics and severe maternal morbidity, as well as whether the associations between neighborhood socioeconomic characteristics and severe maternal morbidity were modified by race and ethnicity.

Study design

This study leveraged a California statewide data resource on all hospital births at ≥20 weeks of gestation (1997-2018). Severe maternal morbidity was defined as having at least 1 of 21 diagnoses and procedures (eg, blood transfusion or hysterectomy) as outlined by

SUBMITTER: Mujahid MS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10959123 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature