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Access to obstetric care in rural areas: Effect on brith outcomes

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  • Nesbitt, T.S.
  • Connell, F.A.
  • Hart, L.G.
  • Rosenblatt, R.A.

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Hospital discharge data from 33 rural hospital service areas in Washington State were categorized by the extent to which patients left their local communities for obstetrical services. Women from communities with relatively few obstetrical providers in proportion to number of briths were less likely to deliver in their local community hospital than women in rural communities with greater numbers of physicians practicing obstetrics in proportion to number of briths. Women from these high-outflow communities had a greater proportion of complicated deliveries, higher rates of prematurity, and higher costs of neonatal care than women from communities where most patients delivered in the local hospital.

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  • Nesbitt, T.S. & Connell, F.A. & Hart, L.G. & Rosenblatt, R.A., 1990. "Access to obstetric care in rural areas: Effect on brith outcomes," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 80(7), pages 814-818.
    • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:1990:80:7:814-818_5
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