Rural Health Research Recap: Rural Obstetric Services: Access, Workforce, and Impact
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Description
Summarizes recent research by Rural Health Research Centers on access to obstetrics (OB) care in rural areas, the rural OB workforce, and the impact of limited OB access for rural counties. Includes a map showing hospital OB services in rural counties, where they have closed from 2004-2014, and a chart with the percent of clinicians by type attending deliveries in rural hospitals.
Date
04/2019
Type
Document
Organization
Rural Health Research Gateway
Tagged as
Access · Health workforce · Maternal health and prenatal care · Statistics and data