Maternity Care Deserts Are Growing

September 11, 2024

Empty hosptial hallway with dimmed lights

(Axios) – Half of U.S. counties don’t have a hospital that provides obstetric care and more than a third lack a single obstetric clinician, according to a new report by March of Dimes. Why it matters: Access to care is getting worse even as America’s maternal mortality rate is more than double that of some other high-income countries, and the infant mortality rate recently rose for the first time in two decades. (Read More)