ArticleMaternal and child health journal2020
The Effect of Continuous Versus Pregnancy-Only Medicaid Eligibility on Routine Postpartum Care in Wisconsin, 2011-2015.
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14 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 17 citations in OpenAlex.
- Health Insurance Coverage and Postpartum Outcomes in the US: A Systematic Review.JAMA network open · 2023Pooled it
- A Systematic Review of Patient-, Provider-, and Health System-Level Predictors of Postpartum Health Care Use by People of Color and Low-Income and/or Uninsured Populations in the United States.Journal of women's health (2002) · 2021Pooled it
- Child Welfare Involvement and Health Outcomes in Infants With Prenatal Substance Exposure.JAMA health forum · 2026Article
- Enhancing postpartum care access: associations between home visiting participation and postpartum visit attendance using a Quasi-Experimental study design.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Intrapartum Care Experiences Associated With Postpartum Visit Attendance.Birth (Berkeley, Calif.) · 2025Article
- Preconception and Prenatal Medicaid Coverage for Medicaid-Insured Births.Journal of women's health (2002) · 2025Article
- Health insurance, race, and receipt of a postpartum visit among patients giving birth in a referral hospital in the US South.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2025Article
- Not all Medicaid for pregnancy care is delivered equally.PloS one · 2024Article
- State Approaches to Simplify Medicaid Eligibility and Implications for Inequality of Infant Health.The Russell Sage Foundation journal of the social sciences : RSF · 2023Article
- Extended Medicaid coverage will improve access but insufficient to enhance postpartum care utilization: a secondary analysis of the 2016-2019 Arizona Medicaid claims.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Health Burden and Service Utilization in Texas Medicaid Deliveries from the Prenatal Period to 1 Year Postpartum.Maternal and child health journal · 2022Article
- Retrospective Study of Prenatal and Postnatal Gaps in Oral Health Care Utilization: Medicaid Policy Implications.Maternal and child health journal · 2022Article
- Correlates of Receiving Guideline-Concordant Postpartum Health Services in the Community Health Center Setting.Women's health reports (New Rochelle, N.Y.) · 2022Article
- Postpartum Care Utilization Among Women with Medicaid-Funded Live Births in Oregon.Maternal and child health journal · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo compare patterns of routine postpartum health care utilization for women in Wisconsin with continuous Medicaid eligibility versus pregnancy-only Medicaid
methodsThis analysis used Medicaid records and linked infant birth certificates for Medicaid paid births in Wisconsin during 2011-2015 (n = 105,718). We determined if women had continuous or pregnancy-only eligibility from the Medicaid eligibility file. We used a standard list of billing codes to identify if women received routine postpartum care. We examined maternal characteristics and receipt of postpartum care overall and by Medicaid eligibility category. Finally, we used a binomial model to calculate the relationship between Medicaid eligibility category and receipt of postpartum care, adjusted for maternal characteristics.
resultsWomen with continuous Medicaid had profiles more consistent with low postpartum visit attendance rates (e.g., younger, more likely to use tobacco) than women with pregnancy-only Medicaid. However, after adjusting for maternal characteristics, women with continuous Medicaid eligibility had a postpartum visit rate that was 6 percentage points higher than the rate for women with pregnancy-only Medicaid (RD: 6.27, 95% CI 5.72, 6.82). CONCLUSIONS FOR PRACTICE: Women with pregnancy-only Medicaid were less likely to have received routine postpartum care than women with continuous Medicaid. Medicaid coverage beyond the current guaranteed 60 days postpartum could help provide more women access to postpartum care.
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