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The closures have worsened so-called “maternity care deserts” — counties, mostly rural, with no hospitals or birth centers and no OB providers. More than two million women of childbearing ...
A growing number of rural hospitals have been shuttering their labor and delivery units, forcing pregnant women to travel longer distances for care or face giving birth in an emergency room.
Nearly 7 million American women of childbearing age are living in areas with no or limited maternity care access, per the report, and more than 146,000 infants were born in maternity care deserts ...
In the decade from 2010 to 2020, dozens of hospitals have closed in rural areas of the United States, particularly in the southeast. Of the 3,143 county-equivalents in the United States, there were 700 counties in the United States with no hospitals as of 2020. [ 3 ]
Formerly Ontonagon Memorial Hospital. Effective April 20, 2024, the hospital will transition to a rural health clinic. [8] Memorial Healthcare: Shiawassee: Owosso: 107: Bronson LakeView Hospital: Van Buren: Paw Paw: 16: Part of Bronson Healthcare Group. McLaren Northern Michigan: Emmet: Petoskey: 202: Formerly Northern Michigan Regional Hospital.
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The findings reflect, in part, increasing closures of hospital obstetric units, she said. During 2021 and 2022, about 1 in 25 hospital maternity wards closed, the report found.
More than one-third of the nation's rural hospitals — about 700 — are at risk of closing because of “serious financial problems,” according to a July analysis from the Center for ...