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Women were matched 1:4 on age, general practice and index year.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Primary and secondary outcome measures<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Healthcare utilisation was assessed by primary care clinical encounters (recorded primary care consultations\/contacts, including general practitioner (GP) and other primary care clinician contacts), prescriptions, referrals and hospitalisations. Outcomes were measured in five time periods: (1) pregnancy to delivery, (2) delivery to 72 days post partum, (3) 73 days to 6 months post partum, (4) 7\u201312 months post partum and (5) 13\u201324 months post partum. Incidence rate ratios (IRR) and absolute risk differences were calculated using conditional Poisson regression models adjusting for sociodemographic and comorbidity-related confounders.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Women with PNA consistently had higher rates of healthcare utilisation across all time periods. Compared with the anxiety-only cohort, the adjusted IRR for primary care encounters was 1.742 (95% CI 1.739 to 1.746) during pregnancy and 2.288 (95% CI 2.283 to 2.293) in the 72 days postpartum period. compared with the pregnancy-only cohort, the adjusted IRR for primary care encounters was 1.653 (95% CI 1.651 to 1.655) during pregnancy and 2.319 (95% CI 2.314 to 2.324) in the 72 days postpartum period. Prescriptions and referrals followed similar patterns, while increased hospitalisation rates postdelivery were not observed in the PNA cohort.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Women with PNA exhibited higher healthcare utilisation up to 24 months after delivery, particularly in the period immediately after delivery. 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