Table 3 Association between delivery length of stay among pregnancies being delivered in April–December 2020 compared to April–December 2019, Premier Healthcare Database Special COVID-19 Release, United States.

From: Changes in rates of adverse pregnancy outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study in the United States, 2019–2020

 

Prevalence ratioa

Adjusted prevalence ratioa,b

Vaginal deliveries

   2 daysc

1.00

1.00

   <1 day

1.23 (1.13, 1.34)

1.32 (1.21, 1.44)

   1 day

1.36 (1.35, 1.37)

1.39 (1.38, 1.40)

   ≥3 days

0.93 (0.92–0.94)

0.90 (0.90, 0.91)

Cesarean deliveries

   3 daysc

1.00

1.00

   <1 day

1.38 (1.27, 1.50)

1.53 (1.40, 1.66)

   1–2 days

1.30 (1.29, 1.31)

1.32 (1.31, 1.32)

   4 days

0.99 (0.98, 1.00)

0.96 (0.95, 0.98)

   ≥5 days

1.01 (1.00, 1.03)

0.94 (0.92, 0.95)

  1. aSeparate models were run comparing 2020 deliveries to 2019 deliveries for each length of stay category, compared to the reference category.
  2. bModel adjusted for individual women nested within the hospital (to account for within person and facility correlation), census division, continuous maternal age, payor, hypertensive disorders, diabetes, and obesity.
  3. cReference category.
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