Table 9.
Comparison of hospital length of stay after delivery prepandemic and during the pandemic, by age group at delivery.
| Age groups by delivery type | Hospital length of stay (days), mean (SD) | Relative change, % | P value | ||
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Prepandemic | Pandemic |
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| Age groups for all deliveries (years) | |||||
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<20 | 2.73 (1.32) | 2.56 (1.24) | –6.23 | <.001a |
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20-24 | 2.65 (1.33) | 2.48(1.33) | –6.42 | <.001a |
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25-29 | 2.66 (1.4) | 2.66 (1.32) | 0.38 | <.001a |
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30-34 | 2.7 (1.41) | 2.48 (1.36) | –6.77 | <.001a |
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35-39 | 2.84 (1.51) | 2.58 (1.43) | –9.15 | <.001a |
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40-44 | 3.08 (1.62) | 2.77 (1.65) | –10.06 | <.001a |
| Age groups for Cesarean sections (years) | |||||
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<20 | 3.47 (1.52) | 3.3 (1.42) | –4.90 | .05 |
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20-24 | 3.42 (1.57) | 3.19 (1.62) | –6.73 | <.001a |
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25-29 | 3.47 (1.67) | 3.13 (1.52) | –9.80 | <.001a |
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30-34 | 3.44 (1.59) | 3.18 (1.63) | –7.56 | <.001a |
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35-39 | 3.52 (1.60) | 3.19 (1.58) | –9.38 | <.001a |
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40-44 | 3.84 (1.83) | 3.27 (1.78) | –14.84 | <.001a |
| Age groups for vaginal + vaginal birth after Cesarean deliveries (years) | |||||
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<20 | 2.57 (1.22) | 2.38 (1.13) | –7.39 | <.001a |
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20-24 | 2.44 (1.16) | 2.28 (1.16) | –6.56 | <.001a |
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25-29 | 2.38 (1.18) | 2.21 (1.15) | –7.14 | <.001a |
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30-34 | 2.40 (1.20) | 2.21 (1.13) | –7.92 | <.001a |
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35-39 | 2.46 (1.32) | 2.27 (1.23) | –7.72 | <.001a |
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40-44 | 2.50 (1.15) | 2.41 (1.44) | –3.60 | .26 |
a5% statistical significance cutoff.