Women's experience of agency and respect in maternity care by type of insurance in California.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Public insurance (Medicaid) covered 42% of all U.S. births in 2018. This paper describes and analyzes the self-reported experiences of women with Medicaid versus commercial insurance relating to autonomy, control and respectful treatment in maternity care.

Methods

The sampling frame for the Listening to Mothers in California survey was drawn from 2016 California birth certificate files. The 30-minute survey had a 55% response rate. A secondary multivariable analysis of results from the survey included 2,318 women with commercial private insurance (1,087) or public (Medi-Cal) (1,231) coverage. Results were weighted and were representative of all births in 2016 in California. The multivariable analysis of variables related to maternal agency included engagement in de

SUBMITTER: Declercq E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7384608 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature