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Telehealth Uptake and Rural-Urban and Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Postpartum Care Access Among Medicaid Beneficiaries in South Carolina, 2018–2022

Description
Compares how postpartum care attendence and timeliness varied by race and ethnicity, rural or urban dwelling, and exposure to the COVID-19 pandemic, and how these associations varied by level of telehealth uptake, using 2019-2022 South Carolina Medicaid claims and enrollment data.
Author(s)
Anirban Chatterjee, Xuzhuo Zhao, Jihong Liu, et al.
Citation
Medical Care, 64(5), 298-309
Date
03/2026
Tagged as
Access · COVID-19 · Maternal health and prenatal care · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data · Telehealth · Women · South Carolina