Racial Disparities in Severe Maternal Morbidities Across the Pregnancy Continuum in the United States [17A]

INTRODUCTION: This study investigates racial disparities in severe maternal morbidities (SMM) among antepartum (AP), intrapartum (IP) and postpartum (PP) U.S. hospital admissions between 2002 and 2014. METHODS: AP, IP and PP hospitalizations were identified in the National Inpatient Sample (NIS) from the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project for 2002-2014. ICD-9 codes indicating severe complications were used to identify hospitalizations with...