The effect of severe maternal morbidity on infant costs and lengths of stay.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine the association between severe maternal morbidity (SMM) and infant health using the additional infant costs and length of stay (LOS) as markers of added clinical complexity.

Study design

Secondary data analysis using California linked birth certificate-patient discharge data for 2009-2011 (N = 1,260,457). Regression models were used to estimate the association between SMM and infant costs and LOS.

Results

The 16,687 SMM-exposed infants experienced a $6550 (33%) increase in costs and a 0.7 (18%) day increase in LOS. Preterm infants had ($11,258 (18%) added costs and 1.3 days (8.1%) longer LOS) than term infants ($2539 (38%) added costs and 0.5 days (22%) longer LOS).

Conclusions

SMM was associated with increased infant costs and LOS, suggest

SUBMITTER: Phibbs CM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9098672 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature