Manuscript Details

Meghea, C. I., You, Z., & Roman, L. A. (2015). A statewide Medicaid enhanced prenatal and postnatal care program and infant injuries. Maternal and Child Health Journal, 19(10), 2119–2127.

Moderate rating
Study reviewed under: Handbook of Procedures and Standards, Version 1
Study design characteristics contributing to rating
Design Attrition Baseline equivalence Confounding factors? Valid, reliable measures?
Non-experimental comparison group design Not applicable

Established on race/ethnicity and SES; outcome(s) not feasible to assess at baseline

None

Not assessed in manuscripts reviewed under Handbook of Procedures and Standards, Version 1
Notes from the review of this manuscript

In 2020, HomVEE updated this review to move 18 findings related to child injuries and ingestions that were mistakenly placed in the Child Health domain to the Reductions in Child Maltreatment domain where HomVEE typically categorizes such findings.

Reductions In Child Maltreatment
Outcome Measure Timing of Follow-Up Rating Direction of Effect Effect Size (Absolute Value) Stastical Significance Sample Size Sample Description
Burns 12 months postpartum Moderate
0.11 Not statistically significant, p = 0.16 27320 infants Full sample; Michigan Medicaid 2011 birth cohort
Crush injury 12 months postpartum Moderate
0.00 Not statistically significant, p = 0.81 27320 infants Full sample; Michigan Medicaid 2011 birth cohort
Dislocations and strains and sprains 12 months postpartum Moderate
0.08 Not statistically significant, p = 0.62 27320 infants Full sample; Michigan Medicaid 2011 birth cohort
Foreign body 12 months postpartum Moderate
0.21 Statistically significant, p = 0.01 27320 infants Full sample; Michigan Medicaid 2011 birth cohort
Fracture lower limb 12 months postpartum Moderate
0.00 Not statistically significant, p = 0.33 27320 infants Full sample; Michigan Medicaid 2011 birth cohort
Fracture neck and trunk 12 months postpartum Moderate
0.42 Not statistically significant, p = 0.48 27320 infants Full sample; Michigan Medicaid 2011 birth cohort
Fracture skull that apart from vault or base 12 months postpartum Moderate
0.00 Not statistically significant, p = 0.51 27320 infants Full sample; Michigan Medicaid 2011 birth cohort
Fracture skull vault or base 12 months postpartum Moderate
0.00 Not statistically significant, p = 0.68 27320 infants Full sample; Michigan Medicaid 2011 birth cohort
Fracture upper limb 12 months postpartum Moderate
0.17 Not statistically significant, p = 0.32 27320 infants Full sample; Michigan Medicaid 2011 birth cohort
Internal trauma 12 months postpartum Moderate
0.00 Not statistically significant, p = 0.56 27320 infants Full sample; Michigan Medicaid 2011 birth cohort
Intracranial Injury 12 months postpartum Moderate
0.25 Statistically significant, p = 0.04 27320 infants Full sample; Michigan Medicaid 2011 birth cohort
Multiple fractures of limbs 12 months postpartum Moderate
0.00 Not statistically significant, p = 0.56 27320 infants Full sample; Michigan Medicaid 2011 birth cohort
Nerve and spinal cord 12 months postpartum Moderate
0.00 Not statistically significant, p = 0.81 27320 infants Full sample; Michigan Medicaid 2011 birth cohort
Open wounds 12 months postpartum Moderate
0.17 Statistically significant, p = 0.02 27320 infants Full sample; Michigan Medicaid 2011 birth cohort
Poisoning 12 months postpartum Moderate
0.07 Not statistically significant, p = 0.33 27320 infants Full sample; Michigan Medicaid 2011 birth cohort
Proportion of infants with at least one injury episode 12 months postpartum Moderate
0.08 Statistically significant, p = 0.00 27320 infants Full sample; Michigan Medicaid 2011 birth cohort
Superficial injuries and contusion 12 months postpartum Moderate
0.14 Statistically significant, p = 0.01 27320 infants Full sample; Michigan Medicaid 2011 birth cohort
Vascular injury 12 months postpartum Moderate
0.42 Not statistically significant, p = 0.48 27320 infants Full sample; Michigan Medicaid 2011 birth cohort
Effect rating key
Favorable finding / Statistically significant
Unfavorable finding / Statistically significant
Ambiguous finding / Statistically significant
No effect / Not statistically significant

This study included participants with the following characteristics at enrollment:

Race/Ethnicity

The race and ethnicity categories may sum to more than 100 percent if Hispanic ethnicity was reported separately or respondents could select two or more race or ethnicity categories.

American Indian or Alaska Native
1%
Black or African American
37%
White
57%
Unknown
6%

Maternal Education

Data not available

Other Characteristics

Indigenous population
1%
Enrollment in means-tested programs
66%

This study included participants from the following locations:

  • Michigan
Study Participants

The study population included 27,320 women (13,660 women each in the treatment and comparison groups) who were recipients of Medicaid, delivered a baby during the 2011 calendar year in Michigan, and for whom the baby survived his or her first year after birth. The study sample was, on average, 25 years old. Slightly less than 27 percent of the women were married. About 57 percent of women in the research sample were white, 37 percent were black, 5 percent were a different race or ethnicity, and less than 1 percent were American Indian. Just more than one-quarter of women in the research sample were living at or below 33 percent of the federal poverty level, and about two-thirds were receiving Medicaid before their pregnancy.

Setting

The study took place across the state of Michigan.

Intervention condition
Comparison Conditions

People in the comparison condition received Medicaid during the study period but did not participate in any MIHP services.

Author Affiliation

None of the study authors are developers of this model. The authors explicitly reported no conflict of interest.

Funding Sources

The study was partly supported through a grant from the Michigan Department of Community Health.