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New Mothers’ Perspectives on Maternal Health Care Access and Quality in Genesee County, Michigan Thomas M. Reischl, PhD Susan Franzen, BS Prevention Research Center University of Michigan. FR-11D1A Primary Data Report No. 1. www.sph.umich.edu/prc.
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New Mothers’ Perspectives on Maternal Health Care Access and Quality in Genesee County, Michigan Thomas M. Reischl, PhD Susan Franzen, BS Prevention Research Center University of Michigan FR-11D1A Primary Data Report No. 1 www.sph.umich.edu/prc Funded by the Ruth Mott Foundation, Flint, MI
Acknowledgements • Lawton and Rhea Chiles Center for Healthy Mothers and Babies at the University of South Florida • Lori Kunkel and staff at Greater Flint Health Coalition • Yvonne Lewis and staff at Faith Access to Community Economic Development (FACED) • Deborah Cummings and staff at McLaren Regional Medical Center • Andy Kruse and staff at Genesys Regional Medical Center • Vicki McKinney and staff at Hurley Medical Center • Members of the Flint/Genesee County Friendly Access Project Leadership Team and Steering Committee
Study of New Mothers’ Ratings of Prenatal and Perinatal Health Care • Sample: • 358 new mothers whose birth was paid for by Medicaid or by self-pay at three hospitals • Quota sampling strategy • Based on population counts of Medicaid-paid & self-paid births at three hospitals in Genesee County: Hurley (n=198), Genesys (n=130), McLaren (n=30) • Interview procedures • Interviews 12-24 hours after giving birth (after 36 hrs for C-section births) • 45 minutes structured interview protocol • $15 gift certificate incentive
Mother’s average age: 25.4 years Average number of children: 2.4 Mother’s education: 23.7% with no HS Diploma 34.6% with HS Diploma 41.6% beyond HS Mother’s race Hispanic or Latino: 7.3% African American: 39.8% European American: 54.5% Other: 5.7% Marital status 24.6% married 66.5% never married 8.9% divorced or separated New Mothers Sample Characteristics
New Mothers Sample Characteristics Compared to population data (from birth records), our sample was: • Slightly older • Had 1 more child (on average) • More likely to have education beyond HS • Less likely to be African American • More likely to be married • More likely to have had a C-section
Birth Control & Becoming Pregnant • Using birth control at time of conception: 25.5% • Feelings about becoming pregnant: • Wanted to become pregnant later: 33.5% • Didn’t want to be pregnant then or in future: 31.5%
Finding a Prenatal Provider • How many mothers did not have a prenatal provider: 6 (2%) • How did you find your provider? • Friend or Family Recommendation: 27.2% • Doctor Recommendation: 21.8% • Same provider as last pregnancy: 19.0% • Type of Provider • Doctor: 70.9% • Group practice: 24.2% • Midwife or Nurse: 2.9% • More than 1 Provider:19.1%→ Ave. # of Providers:3.44
Appointments with Prenatal Provider • Average wait to see provider: 20.4 minutes • Average 5-point ratings of provider (1=never; 5=always) • Provider understood what mother said or asked: 4.68 • Mother felt comfortable telling the provider worries: 4.67 • Provider gave mother enough time to talk about worries: 4.66 • Provider spent enough time with mother: 4.53 • Provider reviewed lab test results with mother: 4.52 • Provider discussed beliefs and religious practices: 1.59 • Average time provider spent with mother: 18.1 minutes
Ratings of Prenatal Providers • Average 5-point ratings of providers (1=poor; 5=excellent) • Respect shown by the provider: 4.24 • Technical skills of the provider: 4.20 • How well the provider explained procedures: 4.15 • Concern shown by the provider: 4.09 • Comfort the mother felt with provider: 4.08 • Respect the receptionist (office staff) showed: 4.11 • Comfort the mother felt with nurses or receptionist: 3.95 • Concern shown by the nurses or receptionist: 3.82
Prenatal Care • Month when prenatal care began (ave.): 2.56 • Did not receive prenatal care as early as desired: 31.2% • Number of prenatal care visits • 1 to 3 visits: 2.0% • 4 to 7 visits: 7.7% • 8 to 10 visits: 24.1% • 11 or more visits: 66.2% • Race of provider different than mother’s: 50.9% • Race of provider made a difference in care: 4.0%
More Ratings of Prenatal Care • Prenatal care was… • Better than expected: 48.7% • About what expected: 43.3% • Worse than expected: 7.4% • Quality ratings (0=low, 10=high) • Ave. rating of prenatal provider: 8.75 • Ave. rating of prenatal care: 8.97 • Would recommend provider to friend/relative: 91.2% • Would change providers if it was easy to do:18.1%
Labor and Delivery Experience • Mother decided when family members were present: 86.7% • Mother had some control over what happened during labor and delivery: 72.8% • Labor and delivery staff… • Respected mother’s wishes during labor and delivery: 92.7% • Asked what the mother wanted during labor and delivery: 75.6% • Provider who delivered baby… • Was as helpful as she/he could be: 92.7% • Treated mother with courtesy and respect: 95.5%
Ratings of Hospital Experience • 5-point ratings of health care professionals (1=never, 5=always): • Treated mother with courtesy & respect: 4.69 • As helpful as mother thought they should be: 4.59 • 5-point ratings of hospital support staff (1=never, 5=always): • Treated mother with courtesy & respect: 4.68 • As helpful as mother thought they should be: 4.57 • Ratings of hospital (0=low, 10=high) • Overall rating of delivery care: 8.49 • Overall rating of hospital: 8.93 • Care at the hospital was… • Better than expected: 45.2% • About what expected: 49.4% • Worse than expected: 4.8%
Post-Delivery Care • Mother decided amount of contact with baby: 79.3% • Mother decided how they wanted to feed the baby: 95.8% • Feeding method chosen: • Formula only 49.6% • Breastfeed only: 25.5% • Both formula and breastfeed: 23.8% • Undecided: 1.1% • Hospital staff offered to teach breastfeeding: 68.0% • Mother had chosen a health care provider for baby: 74.1%
Health Insurance, Payments, Benefits • On Medicaid before pregnancy: 44.1% • On other health insurance before pregnancy: 22.5% • Entire pregnancy covered by any insurance: 92.7% • Had trouble paying for prenatal care: 2.0% • Received WIC during pregnancy: 72.7% • May have trouble paying for birth: 3.1%
Summary of Results • Most of the new mothers reported high ratings of the prenatal and perinatal care they received. • Across many of the rating questions, about 10% of the new mothers were unhappy with their care. • The new mothers also report some areas of concern: • Many have experienced life changing stressful circumstances • Most of the mothers did not want to get pregnant • 31% of mothers said they initiated prenatal care later than they wished. • Wait times to see provider averaged 20 minutes • Nearly all mothers were insured during pregnancy, but only 67% were insured before pregnancy.