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Using Longitudinally Linked Data to Measure Severe Maternal Morbidity
5 Jan 2022
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To assess whether application of a standard algorithm to hospitalizations in the prenatal and postpartum (42 days) periods increases identification of severe maternal morbidity (SMM) beyond analysis of only the delivery event. METHODS: We performed a retrospective cohort study using data from the PELL (Pregnancy to Early Life Longitudinal) database, a Massachusetts population-based data system that...
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