Mapping the Location of Health Centers in Relation to "Maternity Care Deserts": Associations With Utilization of Women's Health Providers and Services

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Explores the association between community health centers' (CHC) distance to a maternity care desert (MCD) and use of maternity-related healthcare services. Discusses the effects of rural hospital closures and provider shortages on patients' access to maternity care. Includes a county-level MCD map and county-level and CHC-level statistics related to MCDs.

Anne R. Markus, Drishti Pillai

Medical Care, 59(10), S434-S440

10/2021

Access · Clinics · Closures of healthcare facilities and services · Health workforce supply and demand · Maternal health and prenatal care · Maternal health workforce · Medicaid · Statistics and data · Women