Healthcare Utilization and Costs Associated With Perinatal Depression Among Medicaid Enrollees.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Differences in healthcare utilization and medical expenditures associated with perinatal depression are estimated.

Methods

Using the MarketScan Multi-State Medicaid Database, the analytic cohort included individuals aged 15-44 years who had an inpatient live birth delivery hospitalization between January 1, 2017 and December 31, 2018. Multivariable negative binomial regression models were used to estimate the differences in utilization associated with perinatal depression, and multivariable generalized linear models were used to estimate the differences in expenditures associated with perinatal depression. Analyses were conducted in 2021.

Results

The cohort included 330,593 individuals. Nearly 17% had perinatal depression. Compared with individuals withou

SUBMITTER: Pollack LM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9247863 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature