Publication Date: October 31st, 2025
Publication Type: Data Resource
Topic(s): Critical Access Hospitals, Health Disparities and Health Equity, Healthcare Access, Hospitals and Clinics, Maternal Health, Rural Statistics and Demographics, Women
Author(s): Interrante JD, Sheffield EC, O'Hanlon K, and Kozhimannil KB
Access to obstetric care is an important determinant of maternal and infant health, and hospital-based obstetric care has been declining in the United States (US). This data resource is a county-level dataset containing the county FIPS code, state, and an indicator of whether each US county had hospital-based obstetrics care in each year, 2010-2023. It is available for download as an XLS file.
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