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Access to obstetric care in rural areas: effect on birth outcomes.
T S Nesbitt, F A Connell, L G Hart and R A Rosenblatt
Department of Family Practice, University of California, Davis, Sacramento 95817.
Hospital discharge data from 33 rural hospital service areas in Washington State were categorized by the extent to which patients left their local communities for obstetrical services. Women from communities with relatively few obstetrical providers in proportion to number of births were less likely to deliver in their local community hospital than women in rural communities with greater numbers of physicians practicing obstetrics in proportion to number of births. Women from these high-outflow communities had a greater proportion of complicated deliveries, higher rates of prematurity, and higher costs of neonatal care than women from communities where most patients delivered in the local hospital.
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Thank you for all your efforts and passion for what you believe in. I am really sorry I can't make it all come together for all of you and our community.
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ReplyDeleteThank you for recognizing and appreciating what we are doing. It has been wonderful to see the response and moral support of our efforts from our community and beyond. We understand that most people cannot contribute monetarily at this moment in time, but felt that community deserved to become informed of the pending decision that will affect us all in ways we can't even fathom. Unfortunately it's a problem that cannot be fixed by any one person. More and more I am realizing that it is mirrors the greater healthcare epidemic that has been ravaging our whole nation and economy. I can only hope that our healthcare system and economy are slowly moving in a direction of healing and recovery. Thank yo for your thoughts.