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1 to 2 of 2 Research Studies DisplayedVanderlaan J, Dunlop A, Rochat R
Methodology for sampling women at high maternal risk in administrative data.
This study compared the net benefits of using the Obstetric Comorbidity Index (OCI) to identify women at high maternal risk compared to conventional risk identification methods. Hospitalization discharge and vital records data for women experience singleton births in George from 2008 to 2012 was used. Results found there was a small but positive net benefit in using the OCI and conventional risk identification methods actually performed worse than using no risk identification methods at all. The researchers suggest that using OCI helps reduce misclassification.
AHRQ-funded; HS024655.
Citation: Vanderlaan J, Dunlop A, Rochat R .
Methodology for sampling women at high maternal risk in administrative data.
BMC Pregnancy Childbirth 2019 Oct 21;19(1):364. doi: 10.1186/s12884-019-2500-7..
Keywords: Research Methodologies, Health Services Research (HSR), Pregnancy, Maternal Care, Risk, Women
Phillippi JC, Hartmann KE
Differentiating research, quality improvement, and case studies to ethically incorporate pregnant women.
This article discusses the need to involve pregnant women in research, quality improvement, and case studies and how to involve them in an ethical way with high standards to protect participants. This review includes vignettes to distinguish between the different types of studies and emphasizes that perinatal care providers will need to seek institutional review board approval for all research to be conducted.
AHRQ-funded; HS024733.
Citation: Phillippi JC, Hartmann KE .
Differentiating research, quality improvement, and case studies to ethically incorporate pregnant women.
J Midwifery Womens Health 2018 Jan;63(1):104-14. doi: 10.1111/jmwh.12673..
Keywords: Health Services Research (HSR), Healthcare Delivery, Maternal Care, Pregnancy, Quality of Care, Quality Improvement, Research Methodologies, Women