Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Postpartum Care in the Greater Boston Area During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Racial and ethnic disparities in postpartum care access have been well identified in the United States. Such disparities could be exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic because of amplified economic distress and compromised social capital among pregnant women who belong to racial or ethnic minority groups.

Objective

To examine whether the COVID-19 pandemic is associated with an increase in the existing racial and ethnic disparity in postpartum care access.

Design, setting, and participants

This was a retrospective cohort study using electronic health records data. Multinomial logistic regressions in an interrupted time series approach were used to assess monthly changes in postpartum care access across Asian, Hispanic, non-Hispanic Black (hereafter, Black), n

SUBMITTER: Mi T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9226999 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature