Preterm Birth and Receipt of Postpartum Contraception Among Women with Medicaid in North Carolina.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To compare receipt of contraception and method effectiveness in the early postpartum period among women with and without a recent preterm birth (PTB).

Methods

We used data from North Carolina birth certificates linked to Medicaid claims. We assessed contraceptive claims with dates of service within 90 days of delivery among a retrospective cohort of women who had a live birth covered by Medicaid between September 2011 and 2012 (n = 58,201). To estimate the odds of receipt of contraception by PTB status (24-36 weeks compared to 37-42 weeks [referent]), we used logistic regression and tested for interaction by parity. To estimate the relationship between PTB and method effectiveness based on the Center for Disease Control and Prevention Levels of Effectiveness of Fa

SUBMITTER: Tucker C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7176545 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature