Reducing Maternal Mortality in the United States.

@article{Lu2018ReducingMM,
  title={Reducing Maternal Mortality in the United States.},
  author={Michael C Lu},
  journal={JAMA},
  year={2018},
  volume={320 12},
  pages={
          1237-1238
        }
}
Every year in the United States, more than 700 women die of complications related to pregnancy and childbirth and more than 50 000 women experience a lifethreatening complication (severe maternal morbidity).1 Maternal mortality in the United States more than doubled between 2000 and 2014, from 9.8 to 21.5 maternal deaths per 100 000 live births, at a time when 157 of 183 countries in a World Health Organization study reported decreases in maternal mortality.2 Among 31 countries in the… 
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This scoping review identifies four problems that may contribute to the maternal mortality burden in the US: inadequately investing in women’s health, poor quality of care, increasing disparities, and poor data collection and monitoring of maternal health issues.
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The Intersection of Maternal Morbidity and Mortality and Intimate Partner Violence in the United States
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Information on insurance status in the postpartum period is more difficult to ascertain and less often determined, and MMRCs primarily focus on identifying insurance status during pregnancy and at childbirth.
A Critical Review on the Complex Interplay between Social Determinants of Health and Maternal and Infant Mortality
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Black mothers and infants fared the worst in terms of mortality rates, likely due to the accumulation of SDoH experienced as a result of structural racism across the life course.
Using the Ecological Systems Theory to Understand Black/White Disparities in Maternal Morbidity and Mortality in the United States
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Interventions are applied to identify interventions that would most likely reduce disparities in MMM by race, such as revising the educational curricula of health care professionals, enhancing utilization of alternate prenatal care providers, and reforming Medicaid policies.
Black-White disparities in maternal in-hospital mortality according to teaching and Black-serving hospital status.
Rural Focus and Representation in State Maternal Mortality Review Committees: Review of Policy and Legislation.
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