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Uma R. Kotagal, MSc, MBBS, Pamela J. Schoettker, MS, Harry D. Atherton, MS, BSEE, MS and Richard W. Hornung, DrPH

Uma R. Kotagal, Pamela J. Schoettker, and Harry D. Atherton are with the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Health Policy and Clinical Effectiveness, Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio. Uma R. Kotagal is also with the Division of Neonatology, Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio. Uma R. Kotagal and Richard W. Hornung are with the Institute of Health Policy and Health Services Research, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to Uma R. Kotagal, MSc, MBBS, Children’s Hospital Medical Center, 3333 Burnet Ave, Cincinnati, OH 45229-3039 (e-mail: kotk9j@chmcc.org).

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In response to growing complaints and safety concerns,^1–4 most states and the federal government have now enacted legislation to guarantee a more reasonable postpartum length of stay.⁵ The Ohio law required health maintenance organizations, health insurers, public employers, and the state’s Medicaid program to provide a minimum of 48 hours of inpatient care following a normal vaginal delivery and a minimum of 96 hours of inpatient care following a cesarean delivery. This study examined, in a single region in southwestern Ohio, whether the state legislative mandate was applied in a manner that equally affected decisions made for Medicaid and commercially . . . [Full Text]

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