Association Between Maternal Comorbidities and Emergency Department Use Among a National Sample of Commercially Insured Pregnant Women
Cunningham SD, Magriples U, Thomas JL, Kozhimannil KB, Herrera C, Barrette E, Shebl FM, Ickovics JR. Association Between Maternal Comorbidities and Emergency Department Use Among a National Sample of Commercially Insured Pregnant Women. Academic Emergency Medicine 2017, 24: 940-947. PMID: 28471532, DOI: 10.1111/acem.13215.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEmergency department usePregnant womenMaternal comorbiditiesEmergency careED visitsED useDepartment useMore visitsAcute unscheduled careRetrospective cohort studyMore ED visitsLive singleton birthsMore comorbid conditionsMedical claims dataWomen ages 18Health Care Cost InstituteResidential zip codeComorbidity burdenGestational diabetesCohort studyED utilizationHospital admissionComorbid conditionsNational sampleSingleton birthsMaternal Medical Complexity: Impact on Prenatal Health Care Spending among Women at Low Risk for Cesarean Section
Cunningham SD, Herrera C, Udo IE, Kozhimannil KB, Barrette E, Magriples U, Ickovics JR. Maternal Medical Complexity: Impact on Prenatal Health Care Spending among Women at Low Risk for Cesarean Section. Women's Health Issues 2017, 27: 551-558. PMID: 28420558, DOI: 10.1016/j.whi.2017.03.003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPregnant womenHealth care servicesHealth care spendingMaternal comorbiditiesMore comorbiditiesCesarean deliveryComorbid conditionsLower riskCare servicesCare spendingExpensive health care servicesPrenatal periodCare expendituresMore comorbid conditionsMaternal health conditionsEpisode of careHealth Care Cost InstituteHealth care expendituresHealth-related servicesCesarean sectionPatient characteristicsPreexisting diabetesMedical complexityObstetric proceduresComorbidities