Associations Between Comorbidities and Severe Maternal Morbidity.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the associations between the number of chronic conditions and maternal race and ethnicity (race) with the risk of severe maternal morbidity.

Methods

Using the National Inpatient Sample, Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, years 2016-2017, we examined risk of severe maternal morbidity among 1,480,925 delivery hospitalizations among women of different races and with different numbers of comorbid conditions using multivariable logistic regression.

Results

The rate of severe maternal morbidity was 139.7 per 10,000 deliveries. Compared with women with no comorbidities (rate 48.5/10,000), there was increased risk of severe maternal morbidity among women with one comorbidity (rate 238.6; odds ratio [OR] 5

SUBMITTER: Brown CC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8006182 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature