Burden of Medical Costs Associated with Severe Maternal Morbidity in South Korea.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Adverse maternal health outcomes lead to health loss and unnecessary medical costs. However, few have explored how severe maternal morbidity (SMM) affects medical costs separately from blood transfusion. Therefore, the aim of this study was to evaluate the delivery-related costs of healthcare services in patients with and without SMM as well as blood transfusion.

Methods

This retrospective cohort study used the National Health Insurance Service (NHIS) Delivery Cohort database in South Korea. We included all delivering mothers in South Korea from 2016 to 2021, except those with incomplete data, totaling 1,517,773 participants. The measured outcomes included delivery-related medical costs associated with SMM. A generalized estimating equation model with a log link,

SUBMITTER: Nam JY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11641367 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature