Trends in prenatal cares settings: association with medical liability

BMC Public Health

Table 3 Prenatal visit characteristics of hospital outpatient departments and obstetrician's offices: comparison of low and high medical liability regions (n = 21,454)

Visit Characteristic	Low Medical liability region, % of visits	High Medical liability region, % of visits	p value
Age, years
< 23	23	25	.18
23–28	34	30
> 28	43	45
Latino ethnicity	16	18	.42
Race
White	82	78	< .01
African American	10	19
Asian and other	8	3
Insurance
Private	64	61	.06
Medicaid	25	27
Self-pay	2	5
Other	8	7
Obstetrical Complication	16	16	.99
New patient	7	6	.41
Non-MSA location	11	13	.54
Midlevel Provider	5	6	.67
Resident Provider	36	27	.10

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