Reducing Disparities in Severe Maternal Morbidity and Mortality

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.

• Publication year

  2018

• Venue

  Clinical obstetrics and gynecology

• Publication date

  2018-06-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Sociology

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  DOI 10.1097/GRF.0000000000000349PMID 29346121PMCID PMC5915910
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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