Obstetric Readiness in Rural Communities Lacking Hospital Labor and Delivery Units
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Description
Policy brief discussing the current rural maternal healthcare workforce and their capacity to manage obstetric emergencies during pregnancy, labor, and
delivery. Offers recommendations to promote obstetric readiness for emergency care in rural hospitals without obstetric units and support for community-based, emergency department-adjacent health workers.
Author(s)
Eneka Lamb, Madeline Merwin, Quinyatta Mumford, et al.
Date
02/2023
Type
Document
Organization
National Rural Health Association
Tagged as
Community health workers · Emergency department and urgent care services · Health workforce · Maternal health and prenatal care · Medicaid · Policy · Reimbursement and payment models · Telehealth