An assessment of the use and impact of ancillary prenatal care services to Medicaid women in managed care.

被引：7
作者：
Alexander G.R. [1 ]
Hulsey T.C. [1 ]
Foley K. [1 ]
Keller E. [1 ]
Cairns K. [1 ]
机构：
[1] Department of Maternal and Child Health
来源：
Maternal and Child Health Journal | 1997年 / 1卷 / 3期
关键词：
Prenatal care; Medicaid; managed care; WIC (Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children); family planning; small-for-gestational age; evaluation research;
D O I：
10.1023/A:1026204527786
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摘要：
OBJECTIVES: Managed care plans under Medicaid are becoming a usual source of care for low-income pregnant women. This study describes an ancillary prenatal care service intervention developed by one managed care organization (MCO) for Medicaid-enrolled women, assesses the extent to which the intervention services were used, and appraises the influence of the intervention on prenatal care participation. METHOD: There were 226 intervention and 258 control women with a single live birth delivered between 28 and 44 weeks gestation who (1) were enrolled in the MCO's Medicaid program, (2) were high-risk based on a prenatal risk assessment, and (3) started prenatal care prior to 26 weeks gestation. Less than adequate and intensive prenatal care utilization were chosen as intervention outcomes measures. RESULTS: Family planning, a 2-month postpartum baby visit, a maternal postpartum visit, and a WIC (Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children) referral were among the most self-selected intervention services for this population; home health aide and breast-feeding support were the least requested services. Over 90% of those needing family planning or breast-feeding services received the services, while over 20% of the intervention group refused child care, food assistance and family violence referrals, and home health aide and smoking cessation services. The intervention group had a significantly lower risk of less than adequate utilization of prenatal care (OR = .32; 95% CI: 0.17-0.60) and was more likely to have an intensive number of prenatal care visits (OR = 1.61; 95% CI: 1.05-2.48). CONCLUSIONS: The ability of managed care organizations to provide ongoing prenatal care to Medicaid populations in a cost-effective manner depends partly on their development of packages of prenatal services that foster positive preventive health care utilization behaviors and good pregnancy outcomes. The results of this project suggest that the intervention was beneficial in the area of improving utilization of prenatal care.
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页码：139 / 149
页数：10
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