Carla L DeSisto1, Angela Rohan2, Arden Handler3, Saria S Awadalla4, Timothy Johnson5, Kristin Rankin4. 1. Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health, 1603 W. Taylor St., Chicago, IL, 60612, USA. carla.desisto@gmail.com. 2. Division of Public Health, Wisconsin Department of Health Services, 1 W. Wilson St, Madison, WI, 53703, USA. 3. Division of Community Health Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health, 1603 W. Taylor St., Chicago, IL, 60612, USA. 4. Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health, 1603 W. Taylor St., Chicago, IL, 60612, USA. 5. Survey Research Laboratory, University of Illinois at Chicago, 412 S. Peoria St., Chicago, IL, 60607, USA.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To compare two data sources from Wisconsin-Medicaid claims and Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) surveys-for measuring postpartum care utilization and to better understand the incongruence between the sources. METHODS: We used linked Medicaid claims and PRAMS surveys of Wisconsin residents who delivered a live birth during 2011-2015 to assess women's postpartum care utilization. Three different definitions of postpartum care from Medicaid claims were employed to better examine bundled service codes and timing of care. We used one question from the PRAMS survey that asks women if they have had a postpartum checkup. Concordance between the two data sources was examined using Cohen's Kappa value. For women who reported having a postpartum checkup on PRAMS but did not have a Medicaid claim for a traditional postpartum visit, we determined the other types of health care visits these women had after delivery documented in the Medicaid claims. RESULTS: Among the 2313 women with a Medicaid-paid delivery and who completed a PRAMS survey, 86.6% had claims for a postpartum visit during the first 12 weeks postpartum and 90.5% self-reported a postpartum checkup on PRAMS (percent agreement = 79.9%, Kappa = 0.015). The percent agreement and Kappa values varied based on the definition of postpartum care derived from the Medicaid claims data. CONCLUSIONS: There was slight agreement between Medicaid claims and PRAMS data. Most women had Medicaid claims for postpartum care at some point in the first 12 weeks postpartum, although the timing of these visits was somewhat unclear due to the use of bundled service codes.
OBJECTIVE: To compare two data sources from Wisconsin-Medicaid claims and Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) surveys-for measuring postpartum care utilization and to better understand the incongruence between the sources. METHODS: We used linked Medicaid claims and PRAMS surveys of Wisconsin residents who delivered a live birth during 2011-2015 to assess women's postpartum care utilization. Three different definitions of postpartum care from Medicaid claims were employed to better examine bundled service codes and timing of care. We used one question from the PRAMS survey that asks women if they have had a postpartum checkup. Concordance between the two data sources was examined using Cohen's Kappa value. For women who reported having a postpartum checkup on PRAMS but did not have a Medicaid claim for a traditional postpartum visit, we determined the other types of health care visits these women had after delivery documented in the Medicaid claims. RESULTS: Among the 2313 women with a Medicaid-paid delivery and who completed a PRAMS survey, 86.6% had claims for a postpartum visit during the first 12 weeks postpartum and 90.5% self-reported a postpartum checkup on PRAMS (percent agreement = 79.9%, Kappa = 0.015). The percent agreement and Kappa values varied based on the definition of postpartum care derived from the Medicaid claims data. CONCLUSIONS: There was slight agreement between Medicaid claims and PRAMS data. Most women had Medicaid claims for postpartum care at some point in the first 12 weeks postpartum, although the timing of these visits was somewhat unclear due to the use of bundled service codes.
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Epidemiology; Medicaid claims; PRAMS; Postpartum care
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