Socioeconomic barriers to prenatal diagnosis of critical congenital heart disease.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The study was designed to assess the impact of socioeconomic barriers on the rate of prenatal diagnosis of critical congenital heart disease (CCHD).

Methods

This was a retrospective review of the Medicaid analytic extract (MAX) dataset, a national Medicaid administrative claims database with linked maternal-infant claims, from 2007 to 2012. Infants with CCHD were identified by searching for International Classification of Diseases (ICD) 9 codes and Procedural Coding System (PCS) codes for CCHD within the first 6 months after the delivery date. Multivariate logistic regression was used to evaluate the effect of maternal and socioeconomic factors on the prenatal diagnosis rate.

Results

There were 4702 mother-infant dyads included in the analysis. The prenatal

SUBMITTER: Campbell MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7933065 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature