Does denying postpartum sterilization to women with Emergency Medicaid reduce hospital charges?
Requiring out-of-pocket payment for sterilization following vaginal delivery in an EM population results in a decrease in PPBTL and an increase in CSBTL, and does not reduce hospital financial losses.
Given the high prevalence of maternal depression, the current findings give reason for increased concern for the developing mother-child relationship. Therefore, early interventions are needed that focus on the mother-child dyad and target not only clinically but also subclinically depressed mothers.