A national cohort study and confidential enquiry to investigate ethnic disparities in maternal mortality.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Ethnic disparities in maternal mortality were first documented in the UK in the early 2000s but are known to be widening. This project aimed to describe the women who died in the UK during or up to a year after the end of pregnancy, to compare the quality of care received by women from different aggregated ethnic groups, and to identify any structural or cultural biases or discrimination affecting their care.

Methods

National surveillance data was used to identify all 1894 women who died during or up to a year after the end of pregnancy between 2009 and 18 in the UK. Their characteristics and causes of death were described. A Confidential Enquiry was undertaken to describe the quality of care women received. The care of a stratified random sample of 54 women who d

SUBMITTER: Knight M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8683666 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature