The Prevalence and Payer Costs of Potentially Avoidable Emergent Care Visits for Suspected Amniotic Membrane Rupture in Pregnant Women

Concern over amniotic fluid leakage is common among pregnant women. Uncertainty about prelabor rupture of amniotic membranes (PROM) can lead women to present to emergency departments or to labor and delivery units for medical evaluation. Many of such visits do not result in delivery, yet they carry significant, and potentially unnecessary, healthcare expenditures