Community level factors and racial inequities in delivery hospitalizations involving severe maternal morbidity in the United States, 2016-2019.

ABSTRACT: The objective of this study was to evaluate the racial and ethnic disparities in delivery hospitalizations involving severe maternal morbidity (SMM) by location of residence and community income. We used the 2016 to 2019 Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project National Inpatient Sample. International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification codes were used to identify delivery hospitalizations with SMM. Using logistic regression models, we examined the association between race and ethnicity and delivery hospitalizations involving SMM. In adjusted analyses, the models were stratified by location of residence and community income and adjusted for patient and hospital characteristics. In rural areas, non-Hispanic Black women (AOR 1.50; 95% CI 1.25-1.79) and women of o

SUBMITTER: Claridy MD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11336213 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature