Socioethnic disparities in severe maternal morbidity in Western Australia: a statewide retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To assess the scale of ethnic inequalities in severe maternal morbidity (SMM) rates and quantify the contribution of maternal characteristics to these disparities.

Design

Retrospective cohort study.

Setting

Whole-of-population linked administrative data from 2002 to 2015 in Western Australia.

Participants

Women with 410 043 birth events (includes all births from the same pregnancy) of 20 weeks' or more gestation, including terminations for congenital anomalies.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

Women with SMM were identified based on a composite indicator of SMM using diagnosis and procedure codes developed for use in routinely collected data. Mothers were classified into seven ethnic groups, based on their reported ethnic origin. The ass

SUBMITTER: Adane AA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7643510 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature