ArticleHealth services research2018
Does Maternity Care Coordination Influence Perinatal Health Care Utilization? Evidence from North Carolina.
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- Racial and Geographic Variation of Prenatal Care Coordination Receipt in the State of Wisconsin, 2010-2019.Journal of community health · 2024Article
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- Estimating the effect of Prenatal Care Coordination in Wisconsin: A sibling fixed effects analysis.Health services research · 2020Article
- Effect of the Medicaid Primary Care Rate Increase on Prenatal Care Utilization Among Medicaid-Insured Women.Maternal and child health journal · 2019Article
- Variable Uptake of Medicaid-Covered Prenatal Care Coordination: The Relevance of Treatment Level and Service Context.Journal of community health · 2019Article
- Addressing Health Disparities: The Health Department Nurse Lead Executive's Relationship to Improved Community Health.Journal of public health management and practice : JPHMPArticle
- Integrating Neonatal Intensive Care Into a Family Birth Center: Describing the Integrated NICU (I-NIC).The Journal of perinatal & neonatal nursingArticle
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Abstract
objectiveTo examine effects of maternity care coordination (MCC) on perinatal health care utilization among low-income women. DATA SOURCES: North Carolina Center for Health Statistics Baby Love files that include birth certificates, maternity care coordination records, WIC records, and Medicaid claims. STUDY
designCausal effects of MCC participation on health care outcomes were estimated in a sample of 7,124 singleton Medicaid-covered births using multiple linear regressions with inverse probability of treatment weighting (IPTW). PRINCIPAL
findingsMaternity care coordination recipients were more likely to receive first-trimester prenatal care (p < .01) and averaged three more prenatal visits and two additional primary care visits during pregnancy; they were also more likely to participate in WIC and to receive postpartum family planning services (p < .01). Medicaid expenditures were greater among mothers receiving MCC.
conclusionsMaternity care coordination facilitates access to health care and supportive services among Medicaid-covered women. Increased maternal service utilization may increase expenditures in the short run; however, improved newborn health may reduce the need for costly neonatal care, and by implication the need for early intervention and other supports for at-risk children.
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