According to the March of Dimes, a “maternity care desert” is “a county in which access to maternity health care services is limited or absent, either through lack of services or barriers to a woman’s ability to access that care.” Counties that are considered “limited access” or “deserts” have either limited or no access to hospitals with obstetric care, birth centers, or obstetric providers. Over 7 million women ages 15-44 lived in deserts/limited access counties.
This article explores how the distance from a community health center to a maternity care desert impacts utilization of maternity-related health care services.
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https://journals.lww.com/lww-medicalcare/Fulltext/2021/10001/Mapping_the_Location_of_Health_Centers_in_Relation.7.aspx
October 1, 2021
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October 1, 2021