Insurance Coverage and Perinatal Health Care Use Among Low-Income Women in the US, 2015-2017

A majority of low-income women experience disruptions (gaps and transitions) in health insurance during pregnancy and the first year post partum (the perinatal period).1,2,3 We characterized the association between health care use and 4 distinct patterns of insurance coverage across the perinatal period among low-income pregnant and postpartum women.