Birth Settings in America: Outcomes, Quality, Access, and Choice

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Examines factors that influence maternal and newborn care in the United States, including social determinants such as geographic variability in access to birth settings. Explores challenges faced by women in rural and underserved areas. Includes statistics on infant mortality rates in 2014 with breakdowns by rural or urban locations, and county-level maps showing access to providers and hospitals offering obstetric services.

Board on Children, Youth, and Families

2020

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Health and Medicine Division (HMD), National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

Access · Children and youth · Health disparities · Healthcare quality · Maternal health and prenatal care · Mortality · Rural-urban differences · Social determinants of health · Statistics and data · Women