Rural-Urban Disparities in Adverse Maternal Outcomes in the United States, 2016-2019

• Published in: American journal of public health (1971) Vol. 113; no. 2; pp. 224 - 227
• Main Authors: Harrington, Katharine A, Cameron, Natalie A, Culler, Kasen, Grobman, William A, Khan, Sadiya S
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Public Health Association 01.02.2023
• Subjects: Abortion; Age groups; Births; Family; Female; Hispanic people; Humans; Intensive care; Maternal and Infant Health; Maternal Mortality; Morbidity; Mortality; Obstetrics; Patient admissions; Pregnancy; Public health; Research & Analysis; Research Brief; Rural areas; Rural Health; Rural Population; Rural urban differences; Trends; United States - epidemiology; Urban areas; Urban Health; Urban Population; United States; United States > US

To describe differences in maternal admissions to the intensive care unit (ICU) and mortality in rural versus urban areas in the United States. We performed a nationwide analysis and calculated age-standardized rates and rate ratios (RRs) of maternal ICU admission and mortality per 100 000 live birt...