2022
Medicaid reimbursement program for immediate postpartum long-acting reversible contraception improves uptake regardless of insurance status
Koch S, Paul R, Addante A, Brubaker A, Kelly J, Raghuraman N, Madden T, Tepe M, Carter E. Medicaid reimbursement program for immediate postpartum long-acting reversible contraception improves uptake regardless of insurance status. Contraception 2022, 113: 57-61. PMID: 35588793, DOI: 10.1016/j.contraception.2022.05.007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsImmediate postpartum LARCPostpartum LARCLARC uptakeInsurance statusReversible contraceptionImmediate postpartumCommercial insuranceRetrospective cohort studyMedicaid reimbursementMultivariable logistic regressionReimbursement programsElectronic medical recordsEligible patientsCohort studyPrimary outcomeWeeks' gestationLarge academic institutionMedical recordsInsurance typeStratified analysisAppropriate confoundersMedicaid coveragePatientsHospital policiesPatient care
2021
The Impact of Group Prenatal Care on Interpregnancy Interval
Keller J, Norton J, Zhang F, Paul R, Madden T, Raghuraman N, Stout M, Carter E. The Impact of Group Prenatal Care on Interpregnancy Interval. American Journal Of Perinatology 2021, 40: 1659-1664. PMID: 34891199, DOI: 10.1055/s-0041-1739413.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInterpregnancy intervalGroup prenatal carePrenatal careLARC uptakeInclusion criteriaMissouri MedicaidLogistic regressionBackward stepwise logistic regressionReversible contraception uptakePrior preterm birthRetrospective cohort studyTraditional prenatal careSignificant decreaseBirth certificate recordsCenteringPregnancy group prenatal careStepwise logistic regressionCohort studyPregnancy spacingPrenatal visitSecondary outcomesSingleton deliveriesPreterm birthPrimary outcomePotential confoundersMaternal age