• Am J Public Health · Apr 1999

    Comparative Study

    Method of linking Medicaid records to birth certificates may affect infant outcome statistics.

    • P A Buescher.
    • State Center for Health Statistics, North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Raleigh 27626-0538, USA.paul_buescher@mail.ehnr.state.nc.us
    • Am J Public Health. 1999 Apr 1; 89 (4): 564-6.

    ObjectivesThis study assessed how different methods of matching Medicaid records to birth certificates affect Medicaid infant outcome statistics.MethodsClaims paid by Medicaid for hospitalization of the newborn and for the mother's delivery were matched separately to 1995 North Carolina live birth certificates.ResultsInfant mortality and low-birthweight rates were consistently lower when Medicaid was defined by a matching newborn hospitalization record than when results were based on a matching Medicaid delivery record.ConclusionsStudies of birth outcomes in the Medicaid population may have variable results depending on the method of matching that is used to identify Medicaid births.

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