Obstetric Outcomes and Delivery-Related Health Care Utilization and Costs Among Pregnant Women With Multiple Chronic Conditions

Prev Chronic Dis. 2018 Feb 8:15:E21. doi: 10.5888/pcd15.170397.

Abstract

Our objective was to measure obstetric outcomes and delivery-related health care utilization and costs among pregnant women with multiple chronic conditions. We used 2013-2014 data from the National Inpatient Sample to measure obstetric outcomes and delivery-related health care utilization and costs among women with no chronic conditions, 1 chronic condition, and multiple chronic conditions. Women with multiple chronic conditions were at significantly higher risk than women with 1 chronic condition or no chronic conditions across all outcomes measured. High-value strategies are needed to improve birth outcomes among vulnerable mothers and their infants.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Case-Control Studies
  • Cesarean Section* / economics
  • Cesarean Section* / statistics & numerical data
  • Chronic Disease / economics
  • Chronic Disease / mortality
  • Cross-Sectional Studies
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Length of Stay / economics
  • Logistic Models
  • Maternal Mortality
  • Multiple Chronic Conditions
  • Population Surveillance
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Complications* / economics
  • Pregnancy Complications* / epidemiology
  • Pregnancy Outcome* / economics
  • Pregnancy Outcome* / epidemiology
  • Premature Birth* / economics
  • Premature Birth* / epidemiology
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Risk Assessment
  • United States