Hospital Encounters Within 1 Year Postpartum Across Insurance Types, Oregon 2012-2017.
Journal
Medical care
ISSN: 1537-1948
Titre abrégé: Med Care
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 0230027
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Date de publication:
18 Dec 2023
18 Dec 2023
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2023
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2023
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2023
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Résumé
Little is known about the timing and frequency of postpartum hospital encounters and postpartum visit attendance and how they may be associated with insurance types. Research on health insurance and its association with postpartum care utilization is often limited to the first 6 weeks. To assess whether postpartum utilization (hospital encounters within 1 year postpartum and postpartum visit attendance within 12 weeks) differs by insurance type at birth (Medicaid, high deductible health plans, and other commercial plans) and whether rates of hospital encounters differ by postpartum visit attendance and insurance status. Time-to-event analysis of Oregon hospital births from 2012 to 2017 using All Payer All Claims data. We conducted weighted Cox Proportional Hazard regressions and accounted for differences in insurance type at birth using multinomial propensity scores. Among 202,167 hospital births, 24.9% of births had at least 1 hospital encounter within 1 year postpartum. Births funded by Medicaid had a higher risk of a postpartum emergency department (ED) visit (hazard ratio: 2.05, 95% CI: 1.99, 2.12) and lower postpartum visit attendance (hazard ratio: 0.71, 95% CI: 0.70, 0.72) compared with commercial plans. Among Medicaid beneficiaries, missing the postpartum visit in the first 6 weeks was associated with a lower risk of subsequent readmissions (adjusted hazard ratio 0.77, 95% CI: 0.68, 0.87) and ED visits (adjusted hazard ratio: 0.87 (0.85, 0.88). Medicaid beneficiaries received more care in the ED within 1 year postpartum compared with those enrolled in other commercial plans. This highlights potential issues in postpartum care access.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
Little is known about the timing and frequency of postpartum hospital encounters and postpartum visit attendance and how they may be associated with insurance types. Research on health insurance and its association with postpartum care utilization is often limited to the first 6 weeks.
OBJECTIVE
OBJECTIVE
To assess whether postpartum utilization (hospital encounters within 1 year postpartum and postpartum visit attendance within 12 weeks) differs by insurance type at birth (Medicaid, high deductible health plans, and other commercial plans) and whether rates of hospital encounters differ by postpartum visit attendance and insurance status.
METHODS
METHODS
Time-to-event analysis of Oregon hospital births from 2012 to 2017 using All Payer All Claims data. We conducted weighted Cox Proportional Hazard regressions and accounted for differences in insurance type at birth using multinomial propensity scores.
RESULTS
RESULTS
Among 202,167 hospital births, 24.9% of births had at least 1 hospital encounter within 1 year postpartum. Births funded by Medicaid had a higher risk of a postpartum emergency department (ED) visit (hazard ratio: 2.05, 95% CI: 1.99, 2.12) and lower postpartum visit attendance (hazard ratio: 0.71, 95% CI: 0.70, 0.72) compared with commercial plans. Among Medicaid beneficiaries, missing the postpartum visit in the first 6 weeks was associated with a lower risk of subsequent readmissions (adjusted hazard ratio 0.77, 95% CI: 0.68, 0.87) and ED visits (adjusted hazard ratio: 0.87 (0.85, 0.88).
CONCLUSIONS
CONCLUSIONS
Medicaid beneficiaries received more care in the ED within 1 year postpartum compared with those enrolled in other commercial plans. This highlights potential issues in postpartum care access.
Identifiants
pubmed: 38109156
doi: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000001958
pii: 00005650-990000000-00193
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Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
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Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Rodriguez reported receiving personal fees from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Bayer, and Merck & Co. outside the submitted work. The Oregon Health & Science University Institutional Review Board manages these potential conflicts of interest. The remaining authors declare no conflict of interest.
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