Kotelchuck M
Department of Maternal and Child Health, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 27599-7400.
Am J Public Health. 1994 Sep;84(9):1486-9. doi: 10.2105/ajph.84.9.1486.
The proposed Adequacy of Prenatal Care Utilization Index is applied to data from the 1980 National Natality Survey to assess the adequacy of prenatal care utilization and its association with low birthweight in the United States. The index suggests that only 61.1% of women received adequate prenatal care, including 17.7% with more intensive care; 16.7% received inadequate care. More White women (63.4%) than Black women (51.9%) received adequate prenatal care. Low-birthweight rates were elevated among women with inadequate prenatal care and among those who received more intensive prenatal care.
拟议的产前护理利用充足指数应用于1980年全国出生调查的数据,以评估美国产前护理利用的充足性及其与低体重出生的关联。该指数表明,只有61.1%的妇女接受了充足的产前护理,其中17.7%接受了更强化的护理;16.7%的妇女接受的护理不足。接受充足产前护理的白人妇女(63.4%)多于黑人妇女(51.9%)。产前护理不足的妇女以及接受更强化产前护理的妇女中,低体重出生率有所上升。