MedCity News August 8, 2024
Addressing America’s maternal health crisis will be complicated and nuanced. Here are a few possible solutions.
A new report from the Center for Healthcare Quality & Payment Reform reveals a startling reality for families in rural America: more than half of rural hospitals in this country (55%) do not offer labor and delivery services.
That disturbing figure is emblematic of a worsening trend at the nexus of rising costs and labor shortages that affects medical facilities across the country and requires immediate attention.
Between 2011 and 2021, 267 rural hospitals – a quarter of all rural obstetrics units – stopped providing maternity services, leaving pregnant women in rural areas with few options at a critical time for their mental...
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