Scheduling the first prenatal visit: office-based delays - 19/08/11
, Jennifer Brewer, MA, Misty Stafford, BA
Reprints: Mary D. Nettleman, MD, MS, MACP, B 427 Clinical Center, East Lansing, MI 48823Résumé |
Objective |
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the office-based component of delayed entry into prenatal care.
Study Design |
Phone numbers for all obstetrics offices in a single state were obtained from a commercial list. A research assistant who posed as a newly pregnant, fully insured woman asked each clinic when she should come in for her first prenatal visit.
Results |
Information was provided by 239 of the 279 (86%) offices. The recommended appointment times ranged from immediately (4 weeks of gestation) to 10.6 weeks, which averaged 6.37 weeks. Twenty-five percent of clinics recommended a first appointment at ≥8 weeks. Scheduling calls were not a source of prenatal advice: <5% of clinics asked about smoking, alcohol, or medical condition; 88% of clinics did not mention vitamins.
Conclusion |
Office-based delays in scheduling the first prenatal visit occur in a substantial proportion of clinics, even for fully insured women. There is a need for a standard source of advice in early pregnancy.
Le texte complet de cet article est disponible en PDF.Key words : clinic, pregnancy, prenatal care
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| Authorship and contribution to the article is limited to the 3 authors indicated. There was no outside funding or technical assistance with the production of this article. |
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| Cite this article as: Nettleman MD, Brewer J, Stafford M. Scheduling the first prenatal visit: office-based delays. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2010;203:207.e1-3. |
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