Women's Health Issues
Volume 18, Issue 6, Supplement , Pages S107-S116 , November 2008

Prevalence of Chronic Illness in Pregnancy, Access to Care, and Health Care Costs: Implications for Interconception Care

  • Sharmila Chatterjee, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Center for Health Quality, Outcomes and Economic Research (CHQOER), ENRM VA (152), Bedford, Massachusetts
    • Boston University School of Public Health, Department of Health Policy and Management, Boston, Massachusetts
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Sharmila Chatterjee, MD, MPH, 200 Springs Road, ENRM VA (152), Bedford, MA 01730; Phone: 781-687-2857; Fax: 781-687-2227
    • ,
  • Milton Kotelchuck, PhD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Boston University School of Public Health, Department of Maternal and Child Health, Boston, Massachusetts
    • ,
  • Usha Sambamoorthi, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Community Health and Preventive Medicine, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia
    • Institute for Health, Healthcare Policy, and Aging Research, Rutgers University New Brunswick, New Jersey
    • HSR&D Center for Healthcare Knowledge Management VANJHCS, East Orange, New Jersey

Received 4 January 2008 ,Revised 6 May 2008 ,Accepted 24 June 2008.

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 The authors have no direct financial interests that might pose a conflict of interest in connection with the submitted manuscript.

PII: S1049-3867(08)00092-3

doi: 10.1016/j.whi.2008.06.003

Women's Health Issues
Volume 18, Issue 6, Supplement , Pages S107-S116 , November 2008

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