Predicting Preterm Birth Among Women Screened by North Carolina's Pregnancy Medical Home Program.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine which combination of risk factors from Community Care of North Carolina's (CCNC) Pregnancy Medical Home (PMH) risk screening form was most predictive of preterm birth (PTB) by parity and race/ethnicity.

Methods

This retrospective cohort included pregnant Medicaid patients screened by the PMH program before 24 weeks gestation who delivered a live birth in North Carolina between September 2011-September 2012 (N = 15,428). Data came from CCNC's Case Management Information System, Medicaid claims, and birth certificates. Logistic regression with backward stepwise elimination was used to arrive at the final models. To internally validate the predictive model, we used bootstrapping techniques.

Results

The prevalence of PTB was 11 %. Multifetal gestati

SUBMITTER: Tucker CM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4764378 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature