Improving the Maternity Care Safety Net: Establishing Maternal Mortality Surveillance for Non-Obstetric Providers and Institutions

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Examines a quality improvement plan implemented by the Veterans Health Administration (VA) that utilizes system-level surveillance to monitor non-obstetric care for pregnant veterans. Examines maternal mortality of veterans using VA maternity care benefits, with 2011-2020 data broken down by age, race/ethnicity, and rural versus urban location.

Joan L. Combellick, Bridget Basile Ibrahim, Aryan Esmaeili, et al.

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 21(1), 37

12/2023

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Healthcare quality · Maternal health and prenatal care · Mortality · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data · Veterans · Women