ArticleMaternal and child health journal2016
Group Prenatal Care Results in Medicaid Savings with Better Outcomes: A Propensity Score Analysis of CenteringPregnancy Participation in South Carolina.
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- The Economics of Group Antenatal Care: A Systematic Review and Narrative Analysis.Maternal and child health journal · 2026Pooled it
- Feasibility and efficacy of implementing group visits for women's health conditions: a systematic review.BMC health services research · 2023Pooled it
- A systematic overview of the literature regarding group prenatal care for high-risk pregnant women.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2017Pooled it
- Group antenatal care positively transforms the care experience: Results of an effectiveness trial in Malawi.PloS one · 2025Trial
- Group vs traditional prenatal care for improving racial equity in preterm birth and low birthweight: the Centering and Racial Disparities randomized clinical trial study.American journal of obstetrics and gynecology · 2022Trial
- Impact of group prenatal care on key prenatal services and educational topics in Malawi and Tanzania.International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics · 2021Trial
- An effectiveness-implementation hybrid type 1 trial assessing the impact of group versus individual antenatal care on maternal and infant outcomes in Malawi.BMC public health · 2020Trial
- Group Prenatal Care Attendance and Women's Characteristics Associated with Low Attendance: Results from Centering and Racial Disparities (CRADLE Study).Maternal and child health journal · 2019Trial
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- The challenge of adopting the health assessment when implementing antenatal and postnatal Group Care: identifying and understanding cross-country modifications and corresponding strategies to enable its adoption.Implementation science communications · 2026Article
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- A scoping review of costing methodologies used to assess interventions for underserved pregnant people and new parents.International journal for equity in health · 2024Article
- Group Multimodal Prenatal Care and Postpartum Outcomes.JAMA network open · 2024Article
- Group prenatal care successes, challenges, and frameworks for scaling up: a case study in adopting health care innovations.Implementation science communications · 2024Article
- Examining Black Birthing People's Experiences with Racism, Discrimination, and Contextualized Stress and Their Perspectives on Racial Concordance with Prenatal Providers.Health equity · 2024Article
- Early Prediction of Hypertensive Diseases of Pregnancy by Using Combined Screening Methods in a Rural Population.Cureus · 2023Article
- Relationship between Depression and Anxiety during Pregnancy, Delivery-Related Outcomes, and Healthcare Utilization in Michigan Medicaid, 2012-2021.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Group Care in the first 1000 days: implementation and process evaluation of contextually adapted antenatal and postnatal group care targeting diverse vulnerable populations in high-, middle- and low-resource settings.Implementation science communications · 2022Article
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Abstract
Objectives This study was undertaken to determine the cost savings of prevention of adverse birth outcomes for Medicaid women participating in the CenteringPregnancy group prenatal care program at a pilot program in South Carolina. Methods A retrospective five-year cohort study of Medicaid women was assessed for differences in birth outcomes among women involved in CenteringPregnancy group prenatal care (n = 1262) and those receiving individual prenatal care (n = 5066). The study outcomes examined were premature birth and the related outcomes of low birthweight (LBW) and neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) visits. Because women were not assigned to the CenteringPregnancy group, a propensity score analysis ensured that the inference of the estimated difference in birth outcomes between the treatment groups was adjusted for nonrandom assignment based on age, race, Clinical Risk Group, and plan type. A series of generalized linear models were run to estimate the difference between the proportions of individuals with adverse birth outcomes, or the risk differences, for CenteringPregnancy group prenatal care participation. Estimated risk differences, the coefficient on the CenteringPregnancy group indicator variable from identity-link binomial variance generalized linear models, were then used to calculate potential cost savings due to participation in the CenteringPregnancy group. Results This study estimated that CenteringPregnancy participation reduced the risk of premature birth (36 %, P < 0.05). For every premature birth prevented, there was an average savings of $22,667 in health expenditures. Participation in CenteringPregnancy reduced the incidence of delivering an infant that was LBW (44 %, P < 0.05, $29,627). Additionally, infants of CenteringPregnancy participants had a reduced risk of a NICU stay (28 %, P < 0.05, $27,249). After considering the state investment of $1.7 million, there was an estimated return on investment of nearly $2.3 million. Conclusions Cost savings were achieved with better outcomes due to the participation in CenteringPregnancy among low-risk Medicaid beneficiaries.
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