Table 1

Average Experience of Pregnant Women Receiving Medicaid-Funded Prenatal Care, 1988

Characteristics of Visits		Services Received from at Least One Prenatal Care Visit
Weeks pregnant at first prenatal visit	11.02	Pregnancy test	0.70
Told by doctor, nurse or nutrition counselor how much weight to gain during pregnancy	0.70	Prenatal care checkups	0.96
		Lab tests	0.74
Told by doctor to stay in bed one or more weeks during pregnancy	0.24	Sonogram/ultrasound	0.60
		X-ray	0.07
Received WIC during pregnancy	0.76	Amniocentesis/CVS	0.06
Learned about the WIC program from a doctor, nurse or health provider	0.40	Emergency visits	0.17

Services Received at First Prenatal Care Visit		Instructions Received during at Least One Prenatal Care Visit
Pregnancy test	0.71	Take vitamin/mineral supplements	0.95
Blood pressure	0.90	Eat proper food during pregnancy	0.90
Pap smear	0.61	Try to breastfeed your baby	0.52
Urine test	0.89	Cut down/stop drinking alcohol	0.61
Blood test	0.74	Cut down/stop smoking	0.69
Weight/measured	0.90	Not to use illegal drugs	0.68
Physical/pelvic exam	0.73
Health history	0.79
Ultrasound/Sonogram	0.15
Other	0.03

Source: Weighted characteristics of women who reported Medicaid as paying for their prenatal care drawn from the 1988 National Maternal and Infant Health Survey. The data set is a national file of women experiencing live births and fetal and infant deaths in 1988.