Loss of Obstetric Care in Rural and Urban Hospitals in the US

Access to obstetric care in US hospitals has been declining, while maternal mortality is on the rise. A new research letter published in JAMA quantifies losses and gains of obstetric care at rural and urban short-term acute care hospitals in the US between 2010-2022. Author Katy Kozhimannil, PhD, MPA, discusses this and more with JAMA Deputy Editor Linda Brubaker, MD, MS. Related Content: Obstetric Care Access at Rural and Urban Hospitals in the United States https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama... Podcast was originally published on December 4, 2024. https://edhub.ama-assn.org/jn-learnin... --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Follow JAMA Clinical Reviews on: Youtube:    • JAMA Clinical Reviews   Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/229VuDi... Pocket Casts: https://pca.st/3ghw Your podcast app of choice: https://pod.link/1027430378 Website: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama... --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For more from JAMA • https://www.jama.com •   / jamajournal   •   / jama_current   •   / jamanetwork   Follow the JAMA Network • https://www.jamanetwork.com • http://www.jamanetworkaudio.com •   / jamanetwork   •   / jamanetwork   •   / jamanetwork   •   / jamanetwork