PUB 460 Lecture 6 - Disparities in MCH - complete slide.pdf

Rural vs. Urban Disparities in MCH Compared to urban residents, rural residents – • Have limited access to health care services during pregnancy and childbirth • Face more severe health care workforce shortages • Must travel longer distances to receive maternity care • Have increased rates of prete...

Rural vs. Urban Disparities in MCH Compared to urban residents, rural residents – • Have limited access to health care services during pregnancy and childbirth • Face more severe health care workforce shortages • Must travel longer distances to receive maternity care • Have increased rates of preterm births (the leading cause of infant mortality) • Have more out-of-hospital births • Have more births in hospitals without obstetric units • Had infant mortality rates 6% higher than those in small and medium-size metropolitan counties, and 20% higher than those in large metropolitan counties (2014 data) Kozhimannil, K. B., J. D. Interrante, C. Henning-Smith and L. K. Admon (2019). "Rural-urban differences in severe maternal morbidity and mortality in the US, 2007–15." Health affairs 38(12): 2077-2085.