What Will It Take to Sustain Maternal Care in Rural Communities? These Strategies Are Helping Keep Care Close to Home
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Description
Discusses challenges facing rural maternal healthcare, such as workforce shortages, low birth volumes, and reimbursement. Provides strategies to help improve sustainability, focusing on leadership, diversifying the workforce, strengthening regional and community partnerships, extending community care, addressing behavioral health and social needs, and supporting financial sustainability.
Author(s)
Julia J. Resnick, Aisha Syeda
Date
09/2026
Organization
Commonwealth Fund
Tagged as
Behavioral health
· Health workforce supply and demand
· Healthcare business and finance
· Leadership
· Maternal health and prenatal care
· Maternal health workforce
· Networking and collaboration
· Reimbursement and payment models
· Service delivery models
· Social determinants of health
· Sustainability of programs