Publication Date: September 5th, 2017
Publication Type(s): Peer-reviewed Journal Publications
Topic(s): Health Services, Hospitals and Clinics, Maternal Health, Women
Author(s): Hung P., Henning-Smith C.E., Casey M.M, Kozhimannil K.B.
Recent closures of rural obstetric units and entire hospitals have exacerbated concerns about access to care for more than twenty-eight million women of reproductive age living in rural America. Using national data, we found that 9 percent of rural counties experienced the loss of all hospital obstetric services in the period 2004-14.
Published in: Health Affairs