Inpatient Maternal Mortality in the United States, 2002-2014.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although prior studies of inpatient maternal mortality in the United States provide data on the overall rate and trend in inpatient maternal mortality, there are no published reports of maternal mortality data stratified by timing of its occurrence across the pregnancy continuum (antepartum, intrapartum, and postpartum).

Objective

The study objective was to determine whether the maternal mortality rate, trends over time, self-reported race/ethnicity, and associated factors vary based on the timing of the occurrence of death during pregnancy.

Methods

We conducted a cross-sectional analysis of the Nationwide Inpatient Sample database to identify pregnancy-related inpatient stays stratified by timing. Among women in the sample, we determined in-hospital mortal

SUBMITTER: Mogos MF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7041646 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan/Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature