Nowhere to Go: Maternity Care Deserts Across the U.S. 2024

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Explores maternal healthcare access and provides county-level U.S. maps that show maternity care deserts, hospitals that offer obstetric (OB) care, distribution of OB providers, travel time to maternity care, chronic conditions of birthing people, social drivers of health, and more. Includes rural versus urban characteristics of the maternal health workforce as well as access and policy discussions specific to rural areas.

09/2024

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March of Dimes

Access · County-by-county data · Health conditions · Health disparities · Health workforce supply and demand · Maternal health and prenatal care · Maternal health workforce · Policy · Rural-urban differences · Social determinants of health · Women