Inequity in postpartum healthcare provision at home and its association with subsequent healthcare expenditure.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Provision of postpartum care can support new families in adapting to a new situation. We aimed to determine whether various determinants of socioeconomic status (SES) were associated with utilization of postpartum care. In addition, to stress the relevance of increasing postpartum care uptake among low SES-groups, an assessment of the potential (cost-)effectiveness of postpartum care is required.

Methods

National retrospective cohort study using linked routinely collected healthcare data from all registered singleton deliveries (2010-13) in the Netherlands. Small-for-gestational age and preterm babies were excluded. The associations between SES and postpartum care uptake, and between uptake and health care expenditure were studied using multivariable regression an

SUBMITTER: Lagendijk J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6761843 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature