title: Hospitalizations during pregnancy among managed care enrollees.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe the prevalence of hospitalizations during pregnancy, the reason for hospitalization, the length of stay, and the associated costs.
  
  
  METHODS
  We analyzed data from a national managed care organization and determined the occurrence of hospitalizations for 46,179 women who had a live birth or a pregnancy loss in 1997.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Overall, 8.7% of women were hospitalized during their pregnancy. Of these, 5.7% were hospitalized and discharged while pregnant, 0.8% experienced extended stays before a live birth or pregnancy loss, and 2.1% experienced pregnancy loss. Hospitalizations were more common among younger women, women with multiple gestations, and women in the northeastern United States. Women who had a live birth were primarily hospitalized for preterm labor (24%), hyperemesis (9%), hypertension (9%), kidney disorders (6%), and prolonged premature rupture of membranes (6%). Charges totaled over $36 million.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Antenatal hospitalizations are common.
authors.affiliation: Emory Center on Health Outcomes and Quality, formerly the USQA Center for Health Care Research, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA. jagazma@sph.emory.edu
authors.forename: Julie A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Gazmararian
authors.forename: Ruth
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Petersen
authors.forename: Denise J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Jamieson
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Schild
authors.forename: Melissa M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Adams
authors.forename: Anjali D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Deshpande
authors.forename: Adele L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Franks
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D017048:Health Care Costs; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000191:economics* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007902:Length of Stay; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000191:economics*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D012042:Registries; D014481:United States