Millions of women in America don't have adequate access to maternal health care and that number is growing. MedicalNews
Millions of women in America don't have adequate access to maternal health care and that number is growing, according to an annual report by the "Maternity care deserts are counties where there's limited or no access to birthing hospitals, birth centers offering obstetric care, or obstetric providers," the report says."Areas with low or no access to maternal care affect over 5.6 million women and nearly 350,000 births across the U.S.
"The data consistently shows that access to maternity care continues to decline, and more resources are needed to make maternal health a priority," it says. "We know that women who don't have prenatal care are three to four times more likely to die compared to women who have prenatal care," Elizabeth Cherot, MD and CEO and president of March of Dimes, told Most states have these"deserts," with most being in the Midwest and South. Almost 90% of rural Alabama women have no maternity care hospitals within 30 minutes of where they live, the report says.
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