Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 610 N. Whitney Way, STE 200, Madison, WI, 53705, USA.
School of Nursing, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 701 Highland Avenue, Madison, WI, 53705, USA.
J Community Health. 2024 Aug;49(4):732-747. doi: 10.1007/s10900-024-01338-5. Epub 2024 Feb 26.
Medicaid-funded obstetric care coordination programs supplement prenatal care with tailored services to improve birth outcomes. It is uncertain whether these programs reach populations with elevated risks of adverse birth outcomes-namely non-white, highly rural, and highly urban populations. This study evaluates racial and geographic variation in the receipt of Wisconsin Medicaid's Prenatal Care Coordination (PNCC) program during 2010-2019. We sample 250,596 Medicaid-paid deliveries from a cohort of linked Wisconsin birth records and Medicaid claims. We measure PNCC receipt during pregnancy dichotomously (none; any) and categorically (none; assessment/care plan only; service receipt), and we stratify the sample on three maternal characteristics: race/ethnicity, urbanicity of residence county; and region of residence county. We examine annual trends in PNCC uptake and conduct logistic regressions to identify factors associated with assessment or service receipt. Statewide PNCC outreach decreased from 25% in 2010 to 14% in 2019, largely due to the decline in beneficiaries who only receive assessments/care plans. PNCC service receipt was greatest and persistent in Black and Hispanic populations and in urban areas. In contrast, PNCC service receipt was relatively low and shrinking in American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian/Pacific Islander, and white populations and in more rural areas. Additionally, being foreign-born was associated with an increased likelihood of getting a PNCC assessment in Asian/Pacific Islander and Hispanic populations, but we observed the opposite association in Black and white populations. Estimates signal a gap in PNCC receipt among some at-risk populations in Wisconsin, and findings may inform policy to enhance PNCC outreach.
医疗补助资助的产科护理协调计划通过提供量身定制的服务来补充产前护理,以改善分娩结果。目前尚不确定这些计划是否能覆盖到有不良分娩结果高风险的人群,即非白人、高度农村和高度城市人群。本研究评估了 2010 年至 2019 年期间威斯康星州医疗补助的产前护理协调(PNCC)计划在接受方面的种族和地理差异。我们从威斯康星州出生记录和医疗补助索赔的队列中抽取了 250596 个 Medicaid 付费分娩记录。我们在妊娠期间以二项(无;有)和分类(无;评估/护理计划仅;服务接收)的方式衡量 PNCC 的接收情况,并根据产妇的三个特征对样本进行分层:种族/族裔、居住县的城市性;以及居住县的地区。我们检查了 PNCC 利用率的年度趋势,并进行了逻辑回归分析以确定与评估或服务接收相关的因素。全州范围内的 PNCC 推广工作从 2010 年的 25%下降到 2019 年的 14%,主要原因是仅接受评估/护理计划的受益人的数量减少。PNCC 服务的接收量在黑人和西班牙裔人群以及城市地区最大且持续。相比之下,PNCC 服务的接收量在美洲印第安人/阿拉斯加原住民、亚洲/太平洋岛民以及白人群体和农村地区相对较低且呈下降趋势。此外,在亚洲/太平洋岛民和西班牙裔人群中,出生在国外与获得 PNCC 评估的可能性增加有关,但在黑人和白人群体中观察到相反的关联。这些估计表明,威斯康星州的一些高危人群在接受 PNCC 方面存在差距,研究结果可能为加强 PNCC 推广提供政策依据。