Ellen M Hartenbach1, Hsiang-Hui Daphne Kuo, Madelyne Z Greene, Emily A Shrider, Kathleen M Antony, Deborah B Ehrenthal. 1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, the Divisions of Reproductive and Population Health and Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and the Department of Population Health Sciences, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, and the School of Nursing, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the peripartum transfusion rates for rural women compared with urban women in the United States. METHODS: In this population-based retrospective cohort study, geocoded birth records from 2014 to 2016 from the National Center for Health Statistics were used to examine the rural-urban differences in blood transfusion among nulliparous women delivering singleton, vertex pregnancies at term. We compared transfusion rates across the counties on a continuum from urban to rural. We generated a multivariable logistic regression model controlling for age, race, nativity, education, insurance, prenatal care, maternal health, gestational age, intrapartum care, mode of delivery, peripartum factors, and county of delivery. RESULTS: Among 3,346,816 births, the transfusion rates based on maternal county of residence increased as the counties became more rural: large metropolitan-center (1.9/1,000 live births); large metropolitan-fringe (2.4); medium metropolitan (2.6); small metropolitan (2.6); micropolitan (4.5); and noncore rural (5.3). Rural women living and delivering in a rural county had more transfusions (8.5/1,000 live births) than women in more urban counties (2.5/1,000). After adjusting for key covariates, the odds of transfusion were higher among women living in micropolitan (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] 2.25, 95% CI 2.09-2.43) and noncore rural (aOR 2.59, 95% CI 2.38-2.81) counties when compared with women living in large metropolitan counties. County of delivery had a higher association with transfusion than resident county. After adding delivery county to the regression model, the association of transfusion and living in a micropolitan (aOR 1.39, 95% CI 1.19-1.63) or noncore rural (aOR 1.32, 95% CI 1.12-1.55) county diminished. CONCLUSION: The odds of blood transfusion were higher for women in rural areas. The results indicate that the rurality of the county where the birth occurred was associated with more transfusion. This may reflect differences in maternity and blood banking services in rural hospitals and warrants further study to identify opportunities for intervention.
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the peripartum transfusion rates for rural women compared with urban women in the United States. METHODS: In this population-based retrospective cohort study, geocoded birth records from 2014 to 2016 from the National Center for Health Statistics were used to examine the rural-urban differences in blood transfusion among nulliparous women delivering singleton, vertex pregnancies at term. We compared transfusion rates across the counties on a continuum from urban to rural. We generated a multivariable logistic regression model controlling for age, race, nativity, education, insurance, prenatal care, maternal health, gestational age, intrapartum care, mode of delivery, peripartum factors, and county of delivery. RESULTS: Among 3,346,816 births, the transfusion rates based on maternal county of residence increased as the counties became more rural: large metropolitan-center (1.9/1,000 live births); large metropolitan-fringe (2.4); medium metropolitan (2.6); small metropolitan (2.6); micropolitan (4.5); and noncore rural (5.3). Rural women living and delivering in a rural county had more transfusions (8.5/1,000 live births) than women in more urban counties (2.5/1,000). After adjusting for key covariates, the odds of transfusion were higher among women living in micropolitan (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] 2.25, 95% CI 2.09-2.43) and noncore rural (aOR 2.59, 95% CI 2.38-2.81) counties when compared with women living in large metropolitan counties. County of delivery had a higher association with transfusion than resident county. After adding delivery county to the regression model, the association of transfusion and living in a micropolitan (aOR 1.39, 95% CI 1.19-1.63) or noncore rural (aOR 1.32, 95% CI 1.12-1.55) county diminished. CONCLUSION: The odds of blood transfusion were higher for women in rural areas. The results indicate that the rurality of the county where the birth occurred was associated with more transfusion. This may reflect differences in maternity and blood banking services in rural hospitals and warrants further study to identify opportunities for intervention.
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