Validity of insurance information on California birth certificates

P. Braveman, M. Pearl, S. Egerter, K. Marchi and R. Williams

American Journal of Public Health, 1998, vol. 88, issue 5, 813-816

Abstract: Objectives. This study assessed the validity of health insurance information on California birth certificates. Methods. Insurance informations from birth certificates and linked face to face interviews compared for 7428 postpartum women in California. Results. There was excellent agreement between insurance information in birth certificate and interview data, especially when capitated plans were grouped with all other private coverage. Analysis using both data sources produced similar estimates of the likelihood of untimely prenatal care according to type of insurance coverage. Conclusions. Birth certificate data including insurance information appear to be an appropriate resource for examining both the extent of coverage for maternity care and associations between prenatal care use and insurance status.

Date: 1998
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