Impact of pandemic service changes on ethnic inequalities in maternal and perinatal outcomes in England: a population-based study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

In the UK and worldwide, there are substantial ethnic inequalities in maternal and perinatal care and outcomes. We aim to assess the impact of the unprecedented change in care provision during the COVID-19 pandemic on inequalities in adverse maternity outcomes.

Design

Retrospective cohort study using structured electronic health record data.

Setting

English hospital trusts providing maternity care.

Participants

Women giving birth and babies born in the National Health Service (NHS) in England between 1 April 2018 and 31 March 2021, in three time groups: prepandemic, the first pandemic wave (26 March 2020 to 30 June 2020) and second pandemic wave (1 July 2020 to 31 March 2021). Self-reported ethnicity was grouped into White, South-Asian, Black, Mixed a

SUBMITTER: Ibrahim B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11751956 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature