Postpartum emergency department use among women with intellectual and developmental disabilities: a retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

An emerging body of evidence underscores the often-intensive perinatal healthcare needs of women with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). However, population-based research examining postpartum experiences of US women with IDD is sparse. We examined emergency department (ED) use in the postpartum period among Massachusetts mothers with IDD.

Methods

We analysed 2002-2010 Massachusetts Pregnancy to Early Life Longitudinal data to compare any and ≥2 ED visits between mothers with and without IDD: within 1-42 days post partum, 1-90 days post partum and 1-365 days post partum. We also determined whether or not such ED use was non-urgent or primary-care sensitive.

Results

We identified 776 births in women with IDD and 595 688 births in women withou

SUBMITTER: Mitra M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9131928 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature