Birth hospital and racial and ethnic differences in severe maternal morbidity in the state of California.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Birth hospital has recently emerged as a potential key contributor to disparities in severe maternal morbidity, but investigations on its contribution to racial and ethnic differences remain limited.

Objective

We leveraged statewide data from California to examine whether birth hospital explained racial and ethnic differences in severe maternal morbidity.

Study design

This cohort study used data on all births at ≥20 weeks gestation in California (2007-2012). Severe maternal morbidity during birth hospitalization was measured using the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention index of having at least 1 of the 21 diagnoses and procedures (eg, eclampsia, blood transfusion, hysterectomy). Mixed-effects logistic regression models (ie, women nested within hospi

SUBMITTER: Mujahid MS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7855283 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature