Table 7.
Relative Risk of Improved or Worse Prenatal Care Use by County of Residence and Race, Ohio Medicaid Study Cohort: 1994–1998
| Initiation of Care | Number of Visits* | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RRR | 95% Confidence Interval | RRR | 95% Confidence Interval | |
| Outcome Improved | ||||
| County of Residence | ||||
| Cuyahoga | 1.09 | .83–1.43 | 1.60 | 1.18–2.16 |
| Other mandatory | .91 | .70–1.18 | 1.06 | .80–1.42 |
| Voluntary | 1.00 | — | 1.00 | — |
| Race | ||||
| African American | 1.24 | 1.05–1.45 | 1.20 | 1.01–1.43 |
| White | 1.00 | — | 1.00 | — |
| Outcome Worsened | ||||
| County of Residence | ||||
| Cuyahoga | 1.34 | 1.02–1.76 | 1.15 | .86–1.52 |
| Other mandatory | 1.13 | .88–1.47 | 1.01 | .78–1.32 |
| Voluntary | 1.00 | — | 1.00 | — |
| Race | ||||
| African American | 1.49 | 1.28–1.73 | 1.42 | 1.21–1.68 |
| White | 1.00 | — | 1.00 | — |
| Total Number of Women | 4,806 | 3,500 | ||
*
Only women with full-term pregnancies for both births
RRR: Relative Risk Ratio estimated from multinomial logistic regression