BMC Infectious Diseases | |
Laboratory testing for cytomegalovirus among pregnant women in the United States: a retrospective study using administrative claims data | |
关键词: CMV; Cytomegalovirus; MarketScan; Pregnant women; Screening; Laboratory testing; | |
DOI : 10.1186/1471-2334-12-334 | |
来源: DOAJ |
【 摘 要 】
Abstract
Background
Routine cytomegalovirus (CMV) screening during pregnancy is not recommended in the United States and the extent to which it is performed is unknown. Using a medical claims database, we computed rates of CMV-specific testing among pregnant women.
Methods
We used medical claims from the 2009 Truven Health MarketScan® Commercial databases. We computed CMV-specific testing rates using CPT codes.
Results
We identified 77,773 pregnant women, of whom 1,668 (2%) had a claim for CMV-specific testing. CMV-specific testing was significantly associated with older age, Northeast or urban residence, and a diagnostic code for mononucleosis. We identified 44 women with a diagnostic code for mononucleosis, of whom 14% had CMV-specific testing.
Conclusions
Few pregnant women had CMV-specific testing, suggesting that screening for CMV infection during pregnancy is not commonly performed. In the absence of national surveillance for CMV infections during pregnancy, healthcare claims are a potential source for monitoring practices of CMV-specific testing.
【 授权许可】
Unknown