Changes in the characteristics and outcomes of high-risk pregnant women who delivered prior to and after China’s universal two-child policy: a real-world retrospective study, 2010–2021

• Published in: BMC public health Vol. 24; no. 1; pp. 336 - 10
• Main Authors: Zhu, Caixia, Zhang, Shaofeng, Shen, Lixia, Ye, Lisha, Zhan, Minjin, Cai, Shiqin, Huang, Jingwan, Wang, Zilian, Chen, Haitian
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 31.01.2024; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Age; Birth; Birth weight; Cesarean section; Chi-square test; Childbirth & labor; Demographics; Family planning; Family planning policy; Fetuses; Gestational age; Hemorrhage; High risk pregnancy; Methods; Obstetric outcomes; Obstetrics; Parity; Population; Population policy; Postpartum; Pregnancy; Pregnancy complications; Premature birth; Prevention; Real-time; Regression analysis; Regression models; Risk; Risk factors; Single pregnancy; Stillbirth; Vagina; Womens health; China; Obstetric outcomes; Family planning policy; Real-time; Single pregnancy

In 2016, the "universal two-child" policy, allowing each couple to have two children, was introduced in China. The characteristic change of the long-term period after the implementation of the universal two-child policy was unclear. We studied trends in the obstetric characteristics and th...