Emergency Room Utilization After Medically Complicated Pregnancies: A Medicaid Claims Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Women with pregnancy complications benefit from closer monitoring postpartum and beyond. Increased postpartum emergency room (ER) use may indicate unmet need for outpatient obstetrics and primary care. The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether women with pregnancy complications (gestational diabetes [GDM], gestational hypertension, and preeclampsia) have increased ER use in the first 6 months postpartum, compared with women without these complications.

Methods

We conducted a retrospective population-based cohort study using a 2003-2010 Maryland Medicaid managed care claims data set, linked with U.S. Census data. Data included claims for outpatient and ER visits for women aged 12-45 years who were continuously enrolled in Medicaid for at least 100 days of p

SUBMITTER: Harris A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4589304 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature