Selection of Higher Risk Pregnancies into Veterans Health Administration Programs: Discoveries from Linked Department of Veterans Affairs and California Birth Data.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To describe variation in payer and outcomes in Veterans' births.

Data/setting

Secondary data analyses of deliveries in California, 2000-2012.

Study design

We performed a retrospective, population-based study of all live births to Veterans (confirmed via U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) enrollment records), to identify payer and variations in outcomes among: (1) Veterans using VA coverage and (2) Veteran vs. all other births. We calculated odds ratios (aOR) adjusted for age, race, ethnicity, education, and obstetric demographics.

Methods

We anonymously linked VA administrative data for all female VA enrollees with California birth records.

Principal findings

From 2000 to 2012, we identified 17,495 births to Veterans. VA covered 8.6 perce

SUBMITTER: Shaw JG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6235819 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature