ArticleAmerican journal of preventive medicine2023
Perinatal Care Changes During COVID-19: A Population-Based Analysis by Race/Ethnicity.
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- COVID-19 and Global Perinatal Health: Lessons Learned on Maternal-Neonatal Outcomes, Infant Feeding Practices, and Health Care Economics across Income Settings.American journal of perinatology · 2026Article
- Extended Pregnancy Medicaid During COVID-19 and Enrollment and Health Care Use in the Postpartum Year.The Milbank quarterly · 2026Article
- Barriers and Needs for Postpartum Contraception.Maternal and child health journal · 2026Article
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- Association between COVID-19 by variant period and delivery-related outcomes in the United States.PloS one · 2026Article
- Trends and Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Prenatal Care (PNC) Use from 2016 to 2021 in the United States.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2025Article
- The roles of COVID-19 pandemic exposure and telehealth in prenatal care access for rural and racial minority communities in the United States: A retrospective cohort study.The Journal of rural health : official journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association · 2025Article
- Association of COVID-19 Continuous Enrollment With Self-Reported Postpartum Medicaid Continuity and Coverage Inequities.Health services research · 2025Article
- Changes in Preterm and Low Birthweight Birth Rate During the COVID-19 Lockdown at Two San Francisco Hospitals.Journal of epidemiology and global health · 2025Article
- Recognising the heterogeneity of Indigenous Peoples during the COVID-19 pandemic: a scoping review across Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the USA.BMJ public health · 2024Article
- Continuous Medicaid Eligibility During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Postpartum Coverage, Health Care, and Outcomes.JAMA health forum · 2024Article
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introductionThe COVID-19 public health emergency created unprecedented disruptions in the use of healthcare services, which could have affected long-standing racial‒ethnic disparities in maternal care use and outcomes. This study evaluates population-level changes in perinatal health services associated with the COVID-19 pandemic overall and by maternal race‒ethnicity.
methodsIn this analysis of all U.S. live births from 2016 to 2020, interrupted time-series analysis was used to estimate the change in the mean number of prenatal care visits and rates of hospital birth, labor induction, and cesarean delivery associated with the start of the pandemic (March 2020) overall and by maternal race‒ethnicity. Analyses were conducted in 2022.
resultsThe start of the pandemic was associated with overall decreases in the mean number of prenatal care visits, decreases in hospital birth rates, and increases in labor induction rates. The mean number of prenatal care visits decreased similarly for all racial‒ethnic groups, whereas reductions in hospital births were largest for non-Hispanic White individuals, and increases in labor induction were largest for non-Hispanic White and non-Hispanic Asian or Pacific Islander individuals.
conclusionsAmong all U.S. live births, the COVID-19 pandemic was associated with modest overall changes in perinatal care, with differential changes by maternal race‒ethnicity. Differential changes in perinatal services may have implications for racial-ethnic maternal health disparities.
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