Using Longitudinally Linked Data to Measure Severe Maternal Morbidity.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess whether application of a standard algorithm to hospitalizations in the prenatal and postpartum (42 days) periods increases identification of severe maternal morbidity (SMM) beyond analysis of only the delivery event.

Methods

We performed a retrospective cohort study using data from the PELL (Pregnancy to Early Life Longitudinal) database, a Massachusetts population-based data system that links records from birth certificates to delivery hospital discharge records and nonbirth hospital records for all birthing individuals. We included deliveries from January 1, 2009, to December 31, 2018, distinguishing between International Classification of Diseases Ninth (ICD-9) and Tenth Revision (ICD-10) coding. We applied the modified Centers for Disease Control and

SUBMITTER: Declercq ER 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8820447 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature