2023
Collaboration between maternal-fetal medicine and family planning: a survey of Northeast US academic medical centers
Merriam A, Lundsberg L, Cutler A, Maxam T, Paul M. Collaboration between maternal-fetal medicine and family planning: a survey of Northeast US academic medical centers. Journal Of Perinatal Medicine 2023, 52: 81-89. PMID: 37853776, DOI: 10.1515/jpm-2023-0118.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAbortion, InducedAcademic Medical CentersCross-Sectional StudiesFamily Planning ServicesFemaleHumansPerinatologyPregnancySurveys and QuestionnairesConceptsMaternal-fetal medicineAcademic medical centerMedical CenterAbortion carePatient careFamily planningUS academic medical centersPatient care teamOptimal patient careCross-sectional online surveyPractice patternsCare teamResponse rateBivariate analysisPractice locationCareDemographic informationImproved educationAbortion servicesAbortion accessFindings highlight areasOne-thirdLikert scale questionsMedicineHighlight areasExploratory study of race- or ethnicity-based discrimination among patients receiving procedural abortion care
Aguilar G, Lundsberg L, Stanwood N, Gariepy A. Exploratory study of race- or ethnicity-based discrimination among patients receiving procedural abortion care. Contraception 2023, 120: 109949. PMID: 36641096, DOI: 10.1016/j.contraception.2023.109949.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAbortion, LegalBlack or African AmericanCross-Sectional StudiesDelivery of Health CareEthnicityFemaleHispanic or LatinoHumansPregnancyRacismWhiteConceptsAbortion careEthnicity-based discriminationReproductive health clinicsHealthcare quality measuresWeeks' gestationPhysician communicationHealth clinicsHigher oddsNonsignificant trendCare involvementProcedural abortionBivariate analysisLarger studyLogistic regressionCare qualityMedical settingsCareRelationship of raceSelf-administered online surveyHealthcare qualityBlack individualsOdds of discriminationAffirmative responsesOddsParticipants
2017
Hospital variation in cost of childbirth and contributing factors: a cross‐sectional study
Xu X, Lee H, Lin H, Lundsberg L, Pettker C, Lipkind H, Illuzzi J. Hospital variation in cost of childbirth and contributing factors: a cross‐sectional study. BJOG An International Journal Of Obstetrics & Gynaecology 2017, 125: 829-839. PMID: 29090498, DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.15007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultCaliforniaCross-Sectional StudiesDelivery, ObstetricFemaleHospital CostsHospitalizationHospitalsHumansInfant, NewbornMaternal Health ServicesPregnancyConceptsChildbirth hospitalisationsHospital variationObstetric interventionsHospital variancePatient clinical risk factorsSevere maternal morbiditySevere newborn morbidityClinical risk factorsMaternal sociodemographic characteristicsHospital discharge dataCross-sectional studyUrban-rural statusCross-sectional analysisCosts of childbirthHigh-cost hospitalsVertex birthsMaternal morbidityCaesarean deliveryNewborn morbidityBirth attendantsRisk factorsHospital typeCare capacityHospitalisationBetter outcomes