Racial and Geographic Variation of Prenatal Care Coordination Receipt in the State of Wisconsin, 2010-2019.

ABSTRACT: Medicaid-funded obstetric care coordination programs supplement prenatal care with tailored services to improve birth outcomes. It is uncertain whether these programs reach populations with elevated risks of adverse birth outcomes-namely non-white, highly rural, and highly urban populations. This study evaluates racial and geographic variation in the receipt of Wisconsin Medicaid's Prenatal Care Coordination (PNCC) program during 2010-2019. We sample 250,596 Medicaid-paid deliveries from a cohort of linked Wisconsin birth records and Medicaid claims. We measure PNCC receipt during pregnancy dichotomously (none; any) and categorically (none; assessment/care plan only; service receipt), and we stratify the sample on three maternal characteristics: race/ethnicity, urbanicity of residence coun

SUBMITTER: Mallinson DC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11305971 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature