Risk Factors for Dual Burden of Severe Maternal Morbidity and Preterm Birth by Insurance Type in California.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Among childbearing women, insurance coverage determines degree of access to preventive and emergency care for maternal and infant health. Maternal-infant dyads with dual burden of severe maternal morbidity and preterm birth experience high physical and psychological morbidity, and the risk of dual burden varies by insurance type. We examined whether sociodemographic and perinatal risk factors of dual burden differed by insurance type.

Methods

We estimated relative risks of dual burden by maternal sociodemographic and perinatal characteristics in the 2007-2012 California birth cohort dataset stratified by insurance type and compared effects across insurance types using Wald Z-statistics.

Results

Dual burden ranged from 0.36% of privately insured births to 0.

SUBMITTER: El Ayadi AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8917014 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature