Geospatial Analysis of Access to Emergency Cesarean Delivery for Military and Civilian Populations in the US

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Results of a study of 29 military medical treatment facilities (MTFs) and 2,363 civilian hospitals, to identify opportunities for military-civilian partnership in obstetric care and to assess whether civilian use of MTFs could improve access to emergency cesarean delivery care, particularly for women in rural areas. Features a county-level map showing coverage of population within a 30-minute travel time to a facility providing emergency cesarean delivery care, and statistics on travel time coverage to civilian hospitals and MTFs providing emergency cesarean delivery care.

Tarsicio Uribe-Leitz, Bridget Matsas, Michael K. Dalton, et al.

JAMA Network Open, 5(1)

01/2022

Access · Maternal health and prenatal care · Statistics and data · Surgery · Women