Reducing Disparities in Severe Maternal Morbidity and Mortality
- 1 June 2018
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) in Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Vol. 61 (2), 387-399
- https://doi.org/10.1097/grf.0000000000000349
Abstract
Significant racial and ethnic disparities in maternal morbidity and mortality exist in the United States. Black women are 3 to 4 times more likely to die a pregnancy-related death as compared with white women. Growing research indicates that quality of health care, from preconception through postpartum care, may be a critical lever for improving outcomes for racial and ethnic minority women. This article reviews racial and ethnic disparities in severe maternal morbidities and mortality, underlying drivers of these disparities, and potential levers to reduce their occurrence.Keywords
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