The effects of CenteringPregnancy group prenatal care on postpartum visit attendance and contraception use

We examined whether Medicaid-enrolled women in CenteringPregnancy group prenatal care had higher rates of 1) postpartum visit attendance and 2) postpartum uptake of contraceptives, compared to women in individual prenatal care.Study designWe linked birth certificates and Medicaid claims for women receiving group prenatal care in 18 healthcare practices and applied preferential-within cluster propensity score methods to identify a comparison group, accounting for the nested data structure by practice.

Source: Contraception - February 26, 2020 Category: OBGYN Authors: Emily Heberlein, Jessica Smith, Carla Willis, Wendasha Hall, Sarah Covington-Kolb, Amy Crockett Tags: Original Research Article Source Type: research