Identifying individual hospital levels of maternal care using administrative data.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The goal of regionalized perinatal care, specifically levels of maternal care, is to improve maternal outcomes through risk-appropriate obstetric care. Studies of levels of maternal care are limited by current approaches to identify a hospital's level of care, often relying on hospital self-reported data, which is expensive and challenging to collect and validate. The study objective was to develop an empiric approach to determine a hospital's level of maternal care using administrative data reflective of the patient care provided and apply this approach to describe the levels of maternal care available over time.

Methods

Retrospective cohort study of mother-infant dyads who delivered in California, Missouri, and Pennsylvania hospitals from 2000 to 2009. Linked mo

SUBMITTER: Handley SC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8171026 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature