Oregon's Hard-Stop Policy Limiting Elective Early-Term Deliveries: Association With Obstetric Procedure Use and Health Outcomes.
Oregon's Hard-Stop Policy Limiting Elective Early-Term Deliveries: Association With Obstetric Procedure Use and Health Outcomes.
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DOI:
10.1097/aog.0000000000001737
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发表时间:
2016-12
影响因子:
7.2
通讯作者:
Caughey AB
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作者:
Snowden JM;Muoto I;Darney BG;Quigley B;Tomlinson MW;Neilson D;Friedman SA;Rogovoy J;Caughey AB
To evaluate the association of Oregon’s hard-stop policy limiting early elective deliveries (before 39 weeks of gestation) and the rate of elective early-term inductions and cesarean deliveries and associated maternal–neonatal outcomes. This was a population-based retrospective cohort study of Oregon births between 2008 and 2013, using vital statistics data and multivariable logistic regression models. Our exposure was the Oregon hard-stop policy, defined as the time periods pre-policy (2008 – 2010) and post-policy (2012 – 2013). We included all term or postterm, cephalic, nonanomalous, singleton deliveries (N= 181,034 births). Our primary outcomes were induction of labor and cesarean delivery at 37 or 38 weeks of gestation without a documented indication on the birth certificate (i.e., elective early term delivery). Secondary outcomes included neonatal intensive care unit admission, stillbirth, macrosomia, chorioamnionitis, and neonatal death. The rate of elective inductions before 39 weeks declined from 4.0% in the prepolicy period to 2.5% during the postpolicy period (P<0.001); a similar decline was observed for elective early term cesareans (from 3.4% to 2.1%; P<0.001). There was no change in neonatal intensive care unit admission, stillbirth, or assisted ventilation pre-policy and post-policy, but chorioamnionitis did increase (from 1.2% to 2.2%, P<0.001; adjusted odds ratio, 1.94, 95% confidence interval, 1.80 – 2.09). Oregon’s statewide policy to limit elective early-term delivery was associated with a reduction in elective early-term deliveries, but no improvement in maternal or neonatal outcomes. Although Oregon’s hard-stop policy was associated with a reduction in elective early-term deliveries, several perinatal outcomes do not differ between the pre-policy and post-policy periods.