Loss of Obstetric Services in Rural Appalachia

Loss of Obstetric Services in Rural Appalachia: A Qualitative Study ...

Findings suggest that the loss of obstetric services in this rural Appalachian community could have broad, negative health implications for ...

Loss of Obstetric Services in Rural Appalachia: A Qualitative Study ...

The availability of inpatient obstetric services continues to decline in rural areas across the United States. In rural Appalachia, the termination of obstetric ...

"Loss of Obstetric Services in Rural Appalachia" by Caroline R. Efird ...

Background: As rural hospitals across the United States increasingly downsize or close, the availability of inpatient obstetric services ...

Loss of Obstetric Services in Rural Appalachia: A Qualitative Study ...

Findings suggest that the loss of obstetric services in this rural Appalachian community could have broad, negative health implications for all residents, ...

Restoring Access to Maternity Care in Rural America

Nearly half of rural U.S. counties are maternity care deserts where lack of access to obstetric care contributes to rising maternal death ...

Loss of Obstetric Services in Rural Appalachia: A Qualitative Study ...

Implications: Findings suggest that the loss of obstetric services in this rural Appalachian community could have broad, negative health ...

Project MUSE - Loss of Obstetric Services in Rural Appalachia

Loss of Obstetric Services in Rural Appalachia:A Qualitative Study of Community Perceptions · Caroline R. Efird, MPH, David Dry, MA, and Rachel F ...

Journal of Appalachian Health-Volume 3, Issue 2, Spring 2021

Loss of Obstetric Services in Rural Appalachia: A Qualitative Study of Community Perceptions · Caroline R. Efird, David Dry, Rachel F. Seidman.

Maternal Mortality Rates in Appalachia - PIT Journal

Between the years 2004 and 2014, 179 rural counties lost hospital-based obstetric services. ... Living in rural areas can complicate access to ...

Infographic highlights loss of hospital-based obstetric services in ...

An infographic released by the University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center highlights the decline of maternity care access in rural ...

Voices of experience: Lay perspectives on severe maternal ...

Between 2004 and 2014, the percent of rural hospitals with obstetric services ... Pregnancy‐related mortality and severe maternal morbidity in rural Appalachia ...

Exploring prenatal care in a rural Appalachian state

Teenage pregnancies and risk of late fetal death and infant mortality. Br J ... Association Between. Loss of Hospital-Based Obstetric Services and Birth Outcomes ...

The growing crisis of declining obstetric services in rural America

More shutdowns of obstetric services at rural hospitals in the US are leading to growing “maternity care deserts,” with serious consequences ...

Rural–Urban Disparities in Adverse Maternal Outcomes in the ...

The disproportionate burden of maternal risk in rural areas is especially concerning given the decline of health care facilities and obstetric ...

Availability of Hospital-Based Obstetric Care in Rural Areas | U.S. GAO

The number of hospitals providing obstetric services in rural areas has declined since 2014. Over half of rural counties didn't have a hospital that provided ...

This report identifies risk factors exposing women in rural Appalachia to pregnancy-related death and severe maternal morbidity.

Childbirth in rural Appalachia - Wikipedia

Childbirth in rural Appalachia has long been a subject of concern amongst the population because infant mortality rates are higher in Appalachia than in ...

Insights from obstetric providers and emergency medical technicians ...

Access to obstetric care in Appalachia is worsening (Efird et al., 2021), mirroring trends throughout rural US communities; >80% of rural counties lack a ...

Access To Obstetric Services In Rural Counties Still Declining, With ...

Using national data, we found that 9 percent of rural counties experienced the loss of all hospital obstetric services in the period 2004-14. In addition, ...

Loss of Hospital-Based Obstetric Services in Rural Counties in the ...

Access to maternity care in rural United States (US) counties has been on the decline in recent years. The purpose of this infographic is to ...