Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Hospital Readmissions After Delivery.

Objective: To examine 30-day readmission rates after vaginal and cesarean delivery by race-ethnicity and insurance status.

Methods: We analyzed hospital discharge data contained in a statewide database maintained by the Connecticut Department of Public Health. Discharge data for patients admitted for vaginal delivery without complication (n=167,857) and cesarean delivery without complication (n=75,552) from 2005 to 2012 were analyzed using marginal logistic models for clustered data with generalized estimating equations.