Year(s) Funded: 2013-2014
Topic(s): Hospitals and Clinics, Maternal Health, Physicians, Quality, Women
Project Lead: Katy Kozhimannil
Limited research explores obstetric care practice models in the context of rural hospitals in the U.S., including whether such emerging collaborative models have been adopted or implemented in rural hospitals and if so, how such models may be related to quality of care in these settings. The purpose of this project is to examine current obstetric practice models in rural hospitals and to assess the prospects for implementation of new policy recommendations for reducing primary cesarean rates and non-medically indicated inductions of labor in rural hospitals.This project will use hospital discharge data on all births from the 2010 HCUP Statewide Inpatient Data for nine states and 2010 American Hospital Association Annual Survey, as well as primary data from a survey of rural hospitals providing obstetric services. Statistical analysis will comprise multivariate linear and logistic regression models.
Related Publications
- Rural-Urban Differences in the Impact of Risk-Adjustment on Quality Measures for Medicare Beneficiaries, September 6th, 2017
- Ensuring Access to High-Quality Maternal Care in Rural America, May 20th, 2016
- Birth Volume and the Quality of Obstetric Care in Rural Hospitals, February 1st, 2014
- Research on Managed Care Organizations in Rural Communities, June 7th, 1998