The Atlantic·5 min read·medium
Rural America’s Maternal-Health Crisis Is About to Get Much Worse
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Keith Humphreys
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Rural maternal healthcare in the United States is facing a deepening crisis as hospital labor-and-delivery units continue to close. With 60 percent of rural counties lacking obstetric care, mothers face increased travel distances and higher risks of mortality and complications.
Care will be in shorter supply, travel distances will stretch farther, and high-risk situations will more likely result in tragedy.
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