Maternity care access and infant mortality

JAMA Network Open

2025-11-11

(Press-News.org) About The Study: In this population-based cross-sectional study, infant mortality risk was inversely associated with county-level access to maternity care, with the highest risk in counties with no access. When examined by race and ethnicity, differences in mortality risk between living in a full access and no access county were observed among white infants only, indicating that unmeasured barriers may limit the protective effect of access for some racial and ethnic groups.

Corresponding Author: To contact the corresponding author, Ripley Lucas, MPH, email RLucas@marchofdimes.org.

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