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Direct linkLaditka, Sarah B.; Laditka, James N.; Bennett, Kevin J.; Probst, Janice C. – Journal of Rural Health, 2005
Pregnancy complications affect many women. It is likely that some complications can be avoided through routine primary and prenatal care of reasonable quality. The authors examined access to health care during pregnancy for mothers insured by Medicaid. The access indicator is potentially avoidable maternity complications (PAMCs). Potentially…
Descriptors: African Americans, Access to Health Care, Whites, Rural Areas
Download full textHealth Resources and Services Administration (DHHS/PHS), Rockville, MD. Office for Maternal and Child Health Services. – 1992
About 36,500 infants die each year in the United States, due largely to low birth weight and inadequate prenatal care. The United States ranks twenty-second among the world's nations in infant mortality. This brochure addresses the high infant mortality rate in the United States compared to other developed nations, and notes actions that…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Birth Weight, Child Health, Educational Resources
