Anesthesia provider model, hospital resources, and maternal outcomes.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Determine the ability of anesthesia provider model and hospital resources to explain maternal outcome variation.

Data source/study setting

1,141,641 obstetrical patients from 369 hospitals that reported at least one live birth in 2002 in six representative states.

Study design

Logistic regression of death, anesthesia complication, nonanesthesia maternal complication, and obstetrical trauma for all patients and those having cesarean deliveries on anesthesia provider model, obstetrical and anesthesia, and patient variables.

Data collection/extraction methods

Data was assembled from information given by hospitals to state agencies and from a 2004 survey of obstetrical organization resources.

Principal findings

Anesthesia complication rates in anes

SUBMITTER: Needleman J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2677049 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature