Infection-associated hospitalizations of women in labour
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH(2020)
Abstract
Background: The article analyzes hospitalizations of women in the postpartum period in the Malopolska Province. Re-hospitalization of women as a result of puerperal complications may be used as an infection control quality measure in this patient population. Methods: It was a population-based, retrospective analysis using data obtained from the Polish National Health Fund (paying for medical services, financed by all Polish employees contributing 9% of their salaries), collected routinely in 2013-14. The analysis encompassed 29 hospitals and 68 894 childbirths. Results: In total, 1.7% of women were re-hospitalized and 563 of these re-hospitalizations (0.8%) were due to infection. Re-hospitalizations due to infections were significantly more often recorded among women who lived in villages compared with inhabitants of towns (OR 1.6, 95% CI 1.23-1.98; P < 0.001) and in women giving birth in primary referral hospitals in comparison with the second referral or clinical hospitals (OR 2.8, 95% CI 1.69-4.65; P < 0.001). On the one hand, the results of the study indicate that, in patients giving birth, the infection control system is not sensitive enough, and on the other hand, more detailed studies need to cover primary referral hospitals, specifically. Conclusions: The problem of the infection-associated hospitalizations in the postpartum period is not reliably assessed by infection control professionals and constitutes a challenge for surveillance, including prevention and control. Complications associated with childbirth should be an indication of the quality of healthcare provision and knowledge of the scale of the problem should be the basis for its evaluation and prevention. This is especially true for infections in puerperas.
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hospitalizations,women,infection-associated
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