Municipal social expenditures and maternal health disparities: a study of linked birth and hospitalisation records.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Local government expenditures provide services and benefits that can affect health but the extent to which they are associated with narrowing or widening of racial/ethnic and socioeconomic disparities in health is unknown. We examined race/ethnicity-stratified and education-stratified associations between municipal social expenditures-those on housing, transportation, education, and other society-wide needs-and serious life-threatening maternal health conditions in a large US state.

Methods

In this cross-sectional study, we used individual birth records for 1 003 974 births in the state of New Jersey from 1 January 2008 to 31 December 2018 linked to individual maternal hospital discharge records and municipality-level characteristics for 564 municipalities. Severe

SUBMITTER: Muchomba FM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11039565 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature