Women's use of Swedish health care during the postpartum period in relation to maternal country of birth-A population-based study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Migrant women are a heterogenous group with both higher and lower risk for pregnancy complications and adverse birth outcomes compared with women in the receiving countries. This study aimed to investigate women's use of Swedish healthcare postpartum, in terms of hospital stay >48 h, readmission to hospital, and specialized out-patient clinic visits, in relation to maternal country of birth.

Material and methods

A population-based register study including 278 219 primiparous and 367 776 multiparous women in Sweden (2014-2019) using data from Swedish Pregnancy Register, National Patient Register and Statistics Sweden. Multivariable logistic regression analyses were used to estimate associations between maternal country of birth and outcomes, adjusting for year of

SUBMITTER: Berbres M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11426225 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature