Severe maternal morbidity (SMM), affect more than 50,000 women in - TopicsExpress



          

Severe maternal morbidity (SMM), affect more than 50,000 women in the US every year and the number is steadily rising each year. The consequences of the increasing SMM prevalence are wide-ranging and include increased use of health services, higher medical costs, extended hospitalization stays, and long-term rehabilitation. See how the CDC recommended use of delivery hospitalization data and ICD-9-CM diagnosis and procedure codes can be used to review of SMM cases and identify points of intervention for quality improvements opportunities targeted for this population. Also see the recent trends in severe maternal morbidity between 1998 and 2011.
Posted on: Thu, 06 Feb 2014 21:34:19 +0000

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