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Rural hospitals are closing maternity wards. People are seeking options to give birth closer to home. CLAIRE RUSH and LAURA UNGAR. September 17, 2023 at 10:11 AM.
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.
A new report from the March of Dimes aims to raise awareness about maternity care deserts in the U.S., which the organization defines as "any county without a hospital or birth center offering ...
Thayer said the closing of Newton's labor and delivery ward is symbolic of challenges faced across Iowa. Since 2000, more than 40 Iowa hospitals — or about a third of hospitals in the state ...
Low Medicaid reimbursements play a role in maternity wards closing in rural areas, along with worker shortages and declining birth rates. More than half of rural hospitals have stopped offering ...
MORE: New study finds most maternal-related deaths in the US happen after birth. Since 2022, over 100 counties experienced a decline in maternity care access, totaling over 100 hospitals closing ...
Rural Americans know all too well what it feels like to have no hospital and emergency care when they break a leg, go into early labor, or have progressive chronic diseases, such as diabetes and ...
Empty infant beds sit gathered in a corner in an empty maternity ward at Madera Community Hospital in Calif., which closed in January 2023, on Sept. 13, 2023.