Becker's Healthcare May 5, 2023
Within the past few months, there have been articles in both The Washington Post and The New York Times that detail the desperate state of maternity wards in rural hospitals.
The Post notes that “financial and staffing problems are cited as the main factors affecting the availability of hospital-based [obstetric] care in rural areas,” according to an October 2022 report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office. And the Times makes the case that the closing of these facilities adds to “maternity care deserts” in sparsely populated, low-income regions across America.
We believe that there are creative fixes that can help maternity units in rural hospitals to reduce their costs, offer high quality care and continue serving families in their regions....
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