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U.S. Government Accountability Office . 2022. Maternal health: Hospital-based obstetric care in rural areas. Washington, DC: U. S. Government Accountability Office, 59 pp.

Annotation: This report examines the availability of obstetric care in rural areas in the United States and recommends ways that access to such care can be improved. It focuses on the hospitals and clinicians that provide delivery services and describes (1) the availability of hospital-based obstetric services in rural areas, (2) stakeholder perspectives on factors that affect such availability, and (3) stakeholder perspectives on efforts federal agencies, states, and others could take to increase such availability. Various perspectives from a diverse group of stakeholders (provider associations, patient advocacy groups, researchers, federal agencies, obstetric clinicians and organizations representing different racial and ethnic groups) are presented.

Contact: U.S. Government Accountability Office, 441 G Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20548, Telephone: (202) 512-3000 Secondary Telephone: E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.gao.gov Available from the website.

Keywords: Maternal health, Obstetrical care , Obstetrics, Rural health, Rural hospitals

Kozhimannil K, Hung P, McClellan M, Casey M, Prasad S, Moscovice I. 2013. Obstetric services and quality among critical access, rural, and urban hospitals in nine states. Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota, Rural Health Research Center, (Policy brief)

Annotation: This study assesses and compares the characteristics and quality of obstetric care in Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs), other rural hospitals, and their urban counterparts. Included are key findings that compare (1) the ages and likelihood of clinical complications among women who give birth in rural and urban hospitals; (2) obstetric care quality measures,including cesarean delivery among low-risk women, cesarean delivery without medical indication, and labor induction with medical indication; and (3) the percentage of births covered by Medicaid at CAHs, other rural hospitals, and urban hospitals that provided obstetric services in the year 2010. Figures and charts compare outcomes according to age, race, insurance type, clinical condition, hospital type, and number of critical access hospitals that had ten or more births in the states of Iowa, Vermont, New York, North Carolina, Kentucky, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin, and Colorado.

Contact: University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Campus, Telephone: (612) 625-5000 Web Site: http://www1.umn.edu/twincities/index.php Available from the website.

Keywords: State data, Comparative analysis, Health care, Intensive care, Obstetrics, Quality assurance, Rural hospitals, Urban health

American Congress on Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Maternal Mortality Review Committee. 2011. Maternal mortality review meeting and special interest group. Washington, DC: American Congress on Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Maternal Mortality Review Committee,

Annotation: This website provides presentations by members of maternal mortality review committees, who describe international, national, and state data and activities on this topic.

Contact: American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, 409 12th Street S.W., P.O. Box 96920, Washington, DC 20090-6920, Telephone: (202) 638-5577 Secondary Telephone: (202) 863-2518 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.acog.org Available from the website.

Keywords: Committees, Maternal mortality, Obstetrics, Public health, State programs

U.S. Maternal and Child Health Bureau. 1996. Maternal and Child Health Graduate Medical Education in Obstetrics/ Gynecology, Pediatrics, and Family Practice in Historically/Predominantly Black Medical Schools. Rockville, MD: U.S. Maternal and Child Health Bureau, 33 pp.

Annotation: This document explains how to apply for a federal grant for graduate medical education in obstetrics, gynecology, pediatrics, and family practice in historically or predominantly black medical schools. It describes the authority and purpose for the grants; program elements and requirements; special considerations; the review process and criteria; the application process; form, project plan, progress report, and abstract instructions; and reporting requirements. Appendices have additional instructions and sample reports. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: Maternal and Child Health Library at Georgetown University, E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: https://www.mchlibrary.org Available from the website.

Keywords: Applications, Black colleges, Blacks, Family medicine, Federal grants, Gynecology, MCH training programs, Medical education, Medical schools, Obstetrics, Pediatrics, Program descriptions, SPRANS

American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Committee on Professional Standards. 1989. Standards for obstetric-gynecologic services. (7th ed.). Washington, DC: American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, 123 pp.

Annotation: These standards aim to establish, maintain, and enhance an attainable quality of care and to provide basic information useful in the assessment of the quality of care rendered. They try to provide an appropriate balance between the need to maintain a high quality of health care for women and the need to contain rising medical costs.

Contact: American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, 409 12th Street S.W., P.O. Box 96920, Washington, DC 20090-6920, Telephone: (202) 638-5577 Secondary Telephone: (202) 863-2518 Contact Phone: (800) 762-2264 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.acog.org Available in libraries.

Keywords: Gynecology, Maternal health, Obstetrics, Standards, Women', s health

Institute of Medicine, Committee to Study Medical Professional Liability and the Delivery of Obstetrical Care. 1989. Medical professional liability and the delivery of obstetrical care, Vol. I. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 241 pp.

Annotation: This study examined the effects of medical professional liability on the delivery of and access to obstetrical care. This volume reports on the effects on the availability of obstetrical providers, impacts on the provision of obstetrical care to poor women and women served by Medicaid, effects on the practice of obstetrics, obstetrical malpractice insurance, and the legal system. A companion volume includes background papers commissioned for the study.

Contact: National Academies Press, 500 Fifth Street, N.W., Keck 360, Washington, DC 20001, Telephone: (202) 334-3313 Secondary Telephone: (888) 624-8373 Contact Phone: (800) 624-6242 Fax: (202) 334-2451 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.nap.edu Available from the website. Document Number: HRSA Info. Ctr. MCHG063.

Keywords: Access to health care, Liability insurance, Medical malpractice, Obstetrics

National Commission to Prevent Infant Mortality. 1988. Malpractice and liability: An obstetrical crisis. Washington, DC: National Commission to Prevent Infant Mortality, 21 pp.

Annotation: This report examines policy regarding obstetrical malpractice, in particular the cost of insurance for health care providers and the effect these costs have on availability of care for pregnant women. It discusses the crisis of the mid-1970s and considers several states' legislative responses to it. Then it looks at the current state of the profession and its patients, and suggests responses that the states, the federal government, and the professions could take to alleviate the problem.

Keywords: Malpractice insurance, Medical malpractice, Obstetricians, Obstetrics, Policy analysis, Policy development, Public policy, State legislation

Breslin RL, ed. 1977. The First National Workshop on the Delivery of Hospital Social Work Services in Obstetrics/Gynecology and Services to the Newborn: Selected papers based on the proceedings. Rockville, MD: U.S. Bureau of Community Health Services, 127 pp.

Annotation: These proceedings, a reprint of the 1974 proceedings published by Yale New Haven Medical Center, include papers presented at a 1974 conference on social work in hospital settings with clients receiving obstetrics/gynecology or other perinatal services. Among the topics addressed are contemporary roles, needs, and responsibilities of women; contributions of nurse-midwifery to maternity care; nutrition in maternity care; delivery of services in a newborn special care unit, an abortion program, and a family planning program; and mothers at risk. A list of faculty and participants is appended.

Keywords: Conference proceedings, Gynecology, Hospitals, Obstetrics, Perinatal care, Social work

Breslin RL, ed. 1974. The First National Workshop on the Delivery of Hospital Social Work Services in Obstetrics/Gynecology and Services to the Newborn: Selected papers based on the proceedings. New Haven, CT: Yale-New Haven Medical Center, 127 pp.

Annotation: These proceedings include papers presented at a 1974 conference on social work in hospital settings with clients receiving obstetrics/gynecology or other perinatal services. Among the topics addressed are contemporary roles, needs, and responsibilities of women; contributions of nurse-midwifery to maternity care; nutrition in maternity care; delivery of services in a newborn special care unit, an abortion program, and a family planning program; and mothers at risk. A list of faculty and participants is appended. The conference was supported by a grant from the U.S. Bureau of Community Health Services.

Keywords: Conference proceedings, Gynecology, Hospitals, Obstetrics, Perinatal care, Social work

National Conference of Maternity and Infant Care Projects (1970: Washington, DC). 1970. Position papers of the National Conference of Maternity and Infant Care Projects, January 5, 6, 7, 1970, Washington, D.C.. [Omaha, NE: University of Nebraska Medical Center, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology?], 110 pp.

Annotation: This publication presents position papers about maternity and infant care reflecting the needs and problems as seen by the federally-supported Maternity and Infant Care Projects. The goal was to make recommendations leading to improvement in the quality and standards of services rendered by the projects and to establish priorities for future planning. Topics include administrative structure and responsibilities; what physicians are available for maternity care; manpower for professional and community health; records and reporting; program evaluation; responsibility of departments of obstetrics and pediatrics to the community and to health departments; initiation of contraception before hospital discharge; delivery of prenatal services; delivery of dental services; patient education; family planning, obstetric anesthesia, and intensive care of the intrauterine fetus and newborn; relationships between obstetrics and pediatrics; and pediatric responsibility for the at risk and not at risk infant.

Keywords: Anesthesia, Communities, Contraception, Dental care, Employment, Family planning, Infant care, Maternity and Infant Care Projects, Neonatal intensive care, Obstetrical care, Obstetrics, Patient education, Pediatrics, Physicians, Prenatal care, Program evaluation, Public health agencies, Records, Reports, State MCH programs

U.S. Health Services and Mental Health Administration, Maternal and Child Health Service, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 1970. Recommendations and participant lists of the National Conference of Maternity and Infant Care Projects, January 5, 6, 7, 1970, Washington, D.C.. [Rockville, MD]: Maternal and Child Health Service, U.S. Department of Health, Education, 42 pp.

Annotation: These proceedings discuss Maternity and Infant Care projects from the standpoint of administrative structure and responsibility, professional health and community health personnel, records and reporting, program evaluation, responsibilities of departments of obstetrics and pediatrics to community and health departments, delivery of prenatal and dental services, patient education delivery, family planning, obstetric anesthesia, fetal intensive care, neonatal intensive care, relationships between obstetrics and pediatrics, pediatric responsibility for the at-risk and non at-risk infant, and pregnant adolescents. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: Maternity and Infant Care Projects, Anesthesia, Conferences, Dental care, Family planning, Federal MCH programs, High risk infants, Infant care, Infants, Medical personnel, Medical records, Neonatal intensive care, Obstetrical care, Obstetrics, Patient education, Pediatrics, Pregnant adolescents, Prenatal care, Professional personnel, Program evaluation, Program management

Daily EF. Intramural postgraduate education in obstetrics and pediatrics for practicing physicians, financed in whole or part from funds appropriated by congress for maternal and child health services. The Journal of American Medical Association. 115:1436-1437. October 26, 1940 , (Reprinted for the Children's Bureau, United States Department of Labor)

Daily EF. Problems of obstetric practice in rural areas of the United States. The Connecticut State Medical Journal. 4(2). February 1940 , 5 pp. (Reprinted for the Children's Bureau, United States Department of Labor)
   

This project is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under grant number U02MC31613, MCH Advanced Education Policy, $3.5 M. This information or content and conclusions are those of the author and should not be construed as the official position or policy of, nor should any endorsements be inferred by HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government.