Ranked severe maternal morbidity index for population-level surveillance at delivery hospitalization based on hospital discharge data.
Elena V KuklinaAlexander C EwingGlen A SattenWilliam M CallaghanDavid A GoodmanCynthia D FerreJean Y KoLindsay S WomackRomeo R GalangCharlan D KroelingerPublished in: PloS one (2023)
We determined the 15 indicators that identified the most in-hospital mortality at delivery hospitalization in the US. Continued testing of SMM indicators can improve measurement and surveillance of the most severe maternal complications at the population level.