EI n behalf on the Institute of Medicine and my colleagues on the committee, I would like to
outline the major find-ings and recommendations of our report, Un-equal Treatment …

Wide disparities in obstetric outcomes exist between women of different race/ethnicities. The
prevalence of preterm birth, fetal growth restriction, fetal demise, maternal mortality, and …

Health services research conducted over the past 25 years makes a compelling case that
having health insurance or using more medical care would improve the health of the …

Objective: To examine the reliability of birth certificate data and determine if reliability differs
between teaching and nonteaching hospitals. Methods: We compared information from birth …

Background: Since the 1990s, nationwide rates of vaginal birth after cesarean section
(VBAC) have decreased sharply and rates of cesarean section have increased sharply. Both …

There is enormous geographic variation in the use of cesarean delivery: For births over
2,500 grams, adjusted cesarean rates vary fourfold between low-and high-use areas. Even …

Objective Racial and ethnic disparities in obstetric care and delivery outcomes have shown
that black women experience high rates of pregnancy-related mortality and morbidity, along …

While c-section births pose a higher risk of maternal death and medical complications, can
have negative future reproductive consequences for the mother, increase the recovery time …

Objective To examine the association between maternal racial origin and a wide range of
adverse pregnancy outcomes after adjustment for confounding factors in obstetric history …

Disparities in cesarean rates in the United States represent an important social problem
because cesareans are related to maternal deaths and to the high cost of American health …