Delivery Complications and Postpartum Hospital Use in California.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Research on maternal birth outcomes rarely includes postpartum complications with longitudinally linked patient data. We analyze characteristics associated with delivery complications and postpartum hospital use.

Methods

This population-based cohort study is based on administrative data from California. International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision, codes were used to categorize the incidence of severe maternal morbidity and other route-specific delivery complications as well as preexisting and pregnancy-related conditions and principal diagnoses for postpartum hospital visits. Postpartum hospital use is a composite outcome defined as emergency department visit or hospital readmission within 90 days of birth admission discharge. Multivariable modified

SUBMITTER: Wang CY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8688289 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan-Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature