Multidisciplinary Cardio-OB Clinic (MYHEART): Baseline characteristics, health care utilization, and spending

by Kathryn J. Lindley, MD, Tierney Lanter, BS, RJ Waken, PhD, Molly Stout, MD, MSCI, Kristine Huang, BA, Nicole El Helou, MPH, and Karen E. Joynt Maddox MD MPH | September 2022

Clinicians at Washington University established the multidisciplinary postpartum
MYHEART clinic, aimed at providing enhanced postpartum follow-up care for
women with hypertensive diseases of pregnancy. This brief describes baseline
characteristics, health care utilization, and spending among enrolled women, and compares
them to women who were eligible but did not enroll, and to women who were ineligible for
the clinic.