BACKGROUND Racial and ethnic diversification of the physician and nurse workforce is
recommended as a leverage point to address the impact of structural racism in maternal …

Importance Timely access to clinically appropriate obstetric services is critical to the
provision of high-quality perinatal care. Objective To examine the geographic distribution …

Background: The supply of US neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) beds and neonatologists
is known to vary markedly across regions, but there have been no investigation of patterns of …

BACKGROUND In the United States, racial disparities in maternal morbidity and mortality
are pronounced and persistent. Although the maternal mortality ratio and the severe …

Although rural communities have been hard-hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, there is limited
evidence on COVID-19 outcomes in rural America using up-to-date data. This study aimed …

The aim of this study is to investigate the association between delays in surgical treatment
and five-and one-year mortality in patients with lung or gastric cancer. The National Health …

Results: Results confirm the hypothesis regarding NP visits but are mixed for FP visits. CHCs
close to “deserts” had more NP visits than those that were not. There was also a dose …

Pediatric mortality rates in the US have declined since 1999, although rates among non-
Hispanic black and American Indian/Alaska Native children remain higher than those …

Purpose To explore the role of the birth center model of care in rural health and maternity
care delivery in the United States. Methods All childbearing families enrolled in care at an …

Abstract Background The United States physician shortages affect rural health care access,
including maternity care. Project aims were to identify and characterize prenatal and delivery …