Objective (study question)To use systems thinking with diverse system actors to (a) characterize current problems at the intersection of chronic conditions (CCs) and reproductive health (RH) care and their determinants, (b) determine necess…
OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether accounting for past patient composition in evaluations of the association between public quality reports and patient selectivity changes findings and conclusions. DATA SOURCES: Secondary data analysis of pu…
ObjectiveTo understand how Black and Native American women with chronic conditions experience reproductive health care and identify patient-centered strategies to improve care.Study setting and participantsWe held a series of virtual focus …
ObjectiveTo evaluate the effects of early pregnancy loss on subsequent health care use and costs.Data sourcesLinked administrative health databases from Manitoba, Canada.Study designThis was a population-based cohort study. The exposure of …
ObjectiveTo estimate differences in average annual health care expenditures of adult women with chronic overlapping pain conditions (COPCs) by pain treatment modality as follows: (1) no long-term opioid or complementary and integrative heal…
ObjectiveTo investigate the intersection of race and economic context in treatment with hysterectomy among reproductive aged women with noncancerous gynecologic conditions.Data sourcesWe combined administrative billing records of inpatient …
ObjectiveTo examine the association of clinical chorioamnionitis on cesarean delivery in a national sample of hospital discharges.Data sourceHospital discharge data from the 1998-2010 Nationwide Inpatient Sample.Study designWe performed a c…
ObjectiveTo estimate the effects of financial access and other individual characteristics on the likelihood that a woman pursues infertility treatment and the choice of treatment type.Data source/study settingThe 1995 National Survey of Fam…
ObjectiveThis study investigates the role of nonclinical factors (physician characteristics) in explaining variations in hysterectomy practice patterns.Data sources and study settingPatient discharge data are obtained from the Arizona state…