Year(s) Funded: 2014-2015
Topic(s): Healthcare Access, Hospitals and Clinics, Maternal Health, Quality, Women
Project Lead: Katy Kozhimannil
The purpose of this project is to: 1) analyze recent data from nine states on delivery by rural women at non-local hospitals; 2) characterize the roles of medical vs. non-medical factors in delivery at a non-local hospital by identifying lower-risk and higher-risk women using established criteria; and 3) analyze the relationship between delivery at a non-local hospital and obstetric quality.