Who Is Billed for Pregnancy-Related Hospital Stays for Adolescents, Compared With Older Women?
• Over two-thirds of all adolescent admissions for pregnancy or childbirth are billed to State Medicaid programs. Private insurers are billed for one-fourth of these adolescent pregnancy stays and approximately 6 percent are uninsured. • Conversely, only one-fourth of hospital stays for pregnant women 25 to 34 are billed to Medicaid and over two-thirds are billed to private health insurance. Four percent of stays for maternal cases in this age group are uninsured. • Thus, compared with women 25 to 34, Medicaid bears a much larger burden of care for pregnant adolescents than private insurance. Select Figure 27 (11 KB), Expected Payer for Pregnancy-Related Hospital Stays.
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