United States State-Level Variation in the Use of Neuraxial Analgesia During Labor for Pregnant Women

Authors

Alexander Butwick, Stanford University School of Medicine
Jason Bentley, Stanford University School of Medicine
Cynthia Wong, Carver College of Medicine
Jonathan Snowden, OHSU-PSU School of Public HealthFollow
Eric Sun, Carver College of Medicine
Nan Guo, Stanford University School of Medicine

Published In

Anesthesiology

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2018

Subjects

Neuraxial Analgesia -- research, Anesthesia--case studies

Abstract

Importance Neuraxial labor analgesia is recognized as the most effective method of providing pain relief during labor. Little is known about variation in the rates of neuraxial analgesia across US states. Identifying the presence and extent of variation may provide insights into practice variation and may indicate where access to neuraxial analgesia is inadequate. Objective To test the hypothesis that variation exists in neuraxial labor analgesia use among US states. Design, Setting, and Participants Retrospective, population …

Description

© 2019 by the authors. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

Locate the Document

https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2018.6567

DOI

10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2018.6567

Persistent Identifier

https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/28063

Publisher

Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins

Citation Details

Butwick, A. J., Bentley, J., Wong, C. A., Snowden, J. M., Sun, E., & Guo, N. (2018). United States State-Level Variation in the Use of Neuraxial Analgesia During Labor for Pregnant Women. JAMA network open, 1(8), e186567-e186567.