Reduced rate of postpartum readmissions among homeless compared with non-homeless women in New York: a population-based study using serial, cross-sectional data.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess differences in rates of postpartum hospitalisations among homeless women compared with non-homeless women.

Design

Cross-sectional secondary analysis of readmissions and emergency department (ED) utilisation among postpartum women using hierarchical regression models adjusted for age, race/ethnicity, insurance type during delivery, delivery length of stay, maternal comorbidity index score, other pregnancy complications, neonatal complications, caesarean delivery, year fixed effect and a birth hospital random effect.

Setting

New York statewide inpatient and emergency department databases (2009-2014).

Participants

82 820 and 1 026 965 postpartum homeless and non-homeless women, respectively.

Main outcome measures

Postpartum readmissions

SUBMITTER: Sakai-Bizmark R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9048168 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature