Access to maternity care in rural Washington: its effect on neonatal outcomes and resource use

• Published in: American journal of public health (1971) Vol. 87; no. 1; pp. 85 - 90
• Main Authors: Nesbitt, T S, Larson, E H, Rosenblatt, R A, Hart, L G
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, DC Am Public Health Assoc 01.01.1997; American Public Health Association
• Subjects: Access; Adolescent; Adult; Babies; Biological and medical sciences; Birth certificates; Birth weight; Births; Cesarean section; Childbirth; Codes; Factors; Female; General aspects; Gestational age; Health and social institutions; Health care access; Health care expenditures; Health Resources - statistics & numerical data; Health Services Accessibility; Health Services Research; Hospital Charges; Hospitalization; Humans; Insurance, Health; Length of Stay; Maternal child nursing; Maternal health care; Maternal Health Services - organization & administration; Medicaid; Medical sciences; Newborn babies; Obstetrics; Outcomes; Physicians; Population; Pregnancy; Pregnancy Outcome; Prenatal care; Public health; Public health. Hygiene; Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine; Risk Factors; Rural areas; Rural Health Services - organization & administration; United States; Washington; Washington State; Womens health; United States; North America; America; Human; Health system; Prognosis; Accessibility; Obstetrics; Care; Pregnancy; Newborn; Hospital ward; Rural area; Delivery; Woman; Public health

This study sought to ascertain the effects of poor local access to obstetric care on the risks of having a neonate diagnosed as non-normal, a long hospital stay, and/or high hospital charges. Washington State birth certificates linked with hospital discharge abstracts of mothers and neonates were us...