The program's goal is to reduce maternity related medical expenses by improving pregnancy outcomes and reducing need for NICU services. Research shows that women who recall receiving information on certain key messages have a significantly reduced chance of delivering a low birth weight infant. Reporting suspected problems triggers early intervention. Program participants are more than twice as likely as non-participants to recall advice to Discuss domestic violence with the doctor .
Satisfied members remain members and become patients and referral sources.
This seems to confirm other findings that patients who feel fully informed are more satisfied with care. While this finding did not reach statistical significance in this relatively small well-educated population, it may reach significance in a larger sample or in a population with less access to information. All rights reserved.