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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 ...
Maternity wards in rural areas have been closing their doors, leaving only 17 of the state’s 42 rural hospitals with labor and delivery services. Women living in these areas are often forced to ...
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 ...
The following is a list of hospitals in Colombo District, Sri Lanka. The biggest government hospitals in the district, known as line ministry hospitals, are controlled by the central government in Colombo. All other government hospitals in the district are controlled by the provincial government in Colombo.
More than 20% of our nation’s rural hospitals, or 430 hospitals across 43 states, are near collapse. This is despite the fact that rural hospitals are not only crucial for health care but also ...