ArticleBJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology2025
Emergency Maternal Hospital Readmissions in the Postnatal Period: A Population-Based Cohort Study.
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- Long-Term Cardiovascular Impact of Postpartum Treatment After Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy: Population-Based Cohort Study.BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology · 2026Article
- Risk factors for postpartum urinary retention after vaginal delivery among primiparous women: a retrospective case-control study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Article
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objectiveTo determine the change in English emergency postnatal maternal readmissions 2007-2017 (pre-COVID-19) and the association with maternal demographics, obstetric risk factors and postnatal length of stay (LOS).
designNational cohort study.
settingAll English National Health Service hospitals. POPULATION: A total of 6 192 140 women who gave birth in English NHS hospitals from April 2007 to March 2017.
methodsStatistical analysis using birth and readmission data from routinely collected National Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) database.
main outcome measuresRate of emergency postnatal maternal hospital readmissions related to pregnancy or giving birth within 42 days postpartum, readmission diagnoses and association with maternal demographic factors, obstetric risk factors and postnatal LOS.
resultsA significant increase in the rate of emergency postnatal maternal readmissions from 15 128 (2.5%) in 2008 to 20 734 (3.4%) in 2016 (aOR 1.32, 95% CI 1.28-1.37) was found. Risk factors for readmission included minoritised ethnicity (particularly Black or Black British ethnicity: aOR 1.35, 95% CI 1.31-1.39); age < 20 years (aOR 1.09, 95% CI 1.05-1.12); 40+ years (aOR 1.07, 95% CI 1.03-1.10); primiparity (multiparity: aOR 0.92, 95% CI 0.91-0.93); nonspontaneous vaginal birth modes (emergency caesarean: aOR 1.86, 95% CI 1.82-1.90); longer LOS (4+ vs. 0 days: aOR 1.58, 95% CI 1.53-1.64); and obstetric risk factors including urinary retention (aOR 2.34, 95% CI 2.06-2.53) and postnatal wound breakdown (aOR 2.01, 95% CI 1.83-2.21).
conclusionsThe concerning rise in emergency maternal readmissions should be addressed from a health inequalities perspective focusing on women from minoritised ethnic groups; those < 20 and ≥ 40 years old; primiparous women; and those with specified obstetric risk factors.
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