The Association of the COVID-19 Pandemic With Disparities in Maternal Outcomes.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In the United States, Black and Hispanic patients have substantially worse maternal outcomes than non-Hispanic White patients. The goals of this study were to evaluate the association between the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and maternal outcomes, and whether Black and Hispanic patients were disproportionately affected by the pandemic compared to White patients.

Methods

Multivariable logistic regression was used to examine in the United States the association between maternal outcomes (severe maternal morbidity, mortality, failure-to-rescue, and cesarean delivery) and the weekly hospital proportion of COVID-19 patients, and the interaction between race, ethnicity, payer status, and the hospital COVID-19 burden using US national data from the Vizien

SUBMITTER: Glance LG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12280088 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature