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Local Availability of Neonatal Intensive Care at Rural Hospitals with Childbirth Services

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Description
Discusses hospital and county characteristics for 89 rural hospitals offering childbirth services in 2021 based on proximity to neonatal intensive care units (NICU). Includes comparisons of characteristics for those hospitals more than and less than 30 miles from a NICU.
Author(s)
Emily C. Sheffield, Clara E. Busse, Julia D. Interrante, Sara C. Handley, Katy Backes Kozhimannil
Citation
Journal of Perinatology, 2025
Date
11/2025
Tagged as
Access · Children and youth · Hospitals · Specialty care · Statistics and data