Demiss Mulatu Geberu, Gashaw Andargie Biks, Tsegaye Gebremedhin, Tesfaye Hambisa Mekonnen
Factors of patient satisfaction in adult outpatient departments of private wing and regular services in public hospitals of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: a comparative cross-sectional study
BMC health services research
using claims data identify predominant prenatal care pnc provider always straightforward essential assessing access cost outcomes previous algorithms applied plurality providing visits majority providing majority visits identify predominant provider primary care setting lacked visit sequence information study proposes algorithm includes pnc frequency sequence information identify predominant provider estimates percentage identified predominant providers additionally differences travel distances predominant nearest provider compared dataset used study consisted 108441 live births 2155076 associated south carolina medicaid claims 20152018 analysis focused patients continuously enrolled throughout pregnancy pnc visit resulting 32609 pregnancies pnc visits identified diagnosis procedure codes specialty within estimated gestational age classify pnc providers seven subgroups created based pnc frequency sequence information algorithm developed considering frequency sequence information percentage identified predominant providers reported chisquare tests conducted assess whether probability identified predominant provider specific subgroup differed reference group provided majority pnc paired ttests used examine differences travel distance pregnancies sample average 786 pnc visits fewer 30 sample exclusive provider applying pnc frequency information predominant provider identified 81 pregnancies adding sequential information predominant provider identified 92 pregnancies distance significantly longer pregnant individuals traveling identified predominant provider average 5 miles nearest provider inclusion pnc sequential information algorithm increased proportion identifiable predominant providers 11 applying algorithm reveals longer distance pregnant individuals travelling predominant provider nearest provider