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Impact of Medicaid Managed Care , Race / Ethnicity , and Rural / Urban Residence on Potentially Avoidable Maternity Complications : A Five-State Multi-level Analysis

Acknowledgements: Valuable comments about this research and earlier versions of this report were provided by Karen Smith Conway, Ph.D. We thank Walter Pete Bailey, M.P.H., Amy E. Brock Martin, M.P.H., Dr.PH., and Heather Kirby of the South Carolina Office for Research and Statistics, for their assistance in obtaining the South Carolina data and useful comments about this research. Valuable comments on an earlier version of this report were also provided by the professional staff at the South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services and the South Carolina Maternal Child Health Bureau. We gratefully acknowledge Tina Foster, M.D., M.P.H., M.S., Michele Lauria, M.D., M.S., and Melanie Mastanduno, R.N., M.P.H. for their participation in developing the potentially avoidable maternity complication indicator, and for their review of this report. We are grateful to Elizabeth Baxley, M.D., for comments about the discussion guide used for public officials. We thank Andy Johnson, M.P.H., and Michael Mink, M.P.A., for their excellent research assistance.