The Relationship Between Provider and Patient Racial Concordance and Receipt of Postpartum Care

Access to postpartum care (PPC) varies in the US and little data exists about whether patient factors may influence receipt of care. Our study aimed to assess the effect of provider-patient racial concordance on Black patients' receipt of PPC. We conducted a cross-sectional study analyzing over...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities 2024-09
Hauptverfasser: Rattan, Jesse, Bartlett, T Robin, Blanchard, Christina, Tipre, Meghan, Amiri, Azita, Baskin, Monica L, Sinkey, Rachel, Turan, Janet M
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Access to postpartum care (PPC) varies in the US and little data exists about whether patient factors may influence receipt of care. Our study aimed to assess the effect of provider-patient racial concordance on Black patients' receipt of PPC. We conducted a cross-sectional study analyzing over 24,000 electronic health records of childbirth hospitalizations at a large academic medical center  in Alabama from January 2014 to March 2020. The primary outcome variable was whether a Black patient with a childbirth hospitalization had any type of PPC visit within 12 weeks after childbirth. We used a generalized estimating equation (GEE) logistic regression model to assess the relationship between provider-patient racial concordance and receipt of PPC. Black patients with Black main providers of prenatal or childbirth care had significantly higher adjusted odds of receiving PPC (adj. OR 2.26, 95% CI 1.65-3.09, p 
ISSN:2197-3792
2196-8837
2196-8837
DOI:10.1007/s40615-024-02164-0