Association between severe maternal morbidity and health service use in the first postpartum year: a population-based retrospective cohort study in British Columbia, Canada
Our study revealed high health service use after SMM. These findings can help guide the development of standardised postpartum care pathways.
Authors
- Gabriel D. Shapiro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3139-0238)
- Sarka Lisonkova
- R D Platt
- Ugochinyere Vivian Ukah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5963-6474)
- Dimitra Panagiotoglou
- Lauren Tanner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-8233-2875)
Institutions
- University of British Columbia (CA)
- McGill University Health Centre (CA)
- McGill University (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMJ Open
- Published
- 2026-02-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2025-110105
- Primary Topic
- Maternal and fetal healthcare
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00