Managed Healthcare Executive August 16, 2023
Improving patient monitoring through care-at-home services could help reduce maternal mortality, they say.
The United States is home to one of the most advanced healthcare systems in the world, but when it comes to maternal mortality, progress has proven particularly difficult.
A study published last month in the Journal of the American Medical Association, found maternal mortality in the United States remains “unacceptably high” – particularly among American Indian, Alaska Native, and Black populations.
And despite advancements in other parts of healthcare, the maternal mortality rate increased over the past two decades. For instance, the median state maternal mortality rate among Black patients was 26.7 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births in 1999, but by 2019 the rate had risen...
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