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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.

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.

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

Schwartz DF, ed. 1992. Children and violence. Columbus, OH: Ross Laboratories, 130 pp. (Report of the Twenty-third Ross Roundtable on Critical Approaches to Common Pediatric Problems)

Annotation: This session of the Ross Roundtable was convened to explore some roles in helping children deal with the violence in their lives. These roles typically could be played by the professionals who care for children's health e.g. pediatricians. Presented were broad themes and issues that cut across the entire experience of children and violence. Subjects of discussion include firearms; and gang, urban, rural, domestic, and media violence. The conference was seen as a first discussion for pediatricians of the impact of violence and possible interventions. The Roundtable hopes to revisit these issues.

Keywords: Adolescents, Behavior, Children, Counseling, Data, Domestic violence, Firearms, Gangs, Health professionals, Homicide, Hospitals, Injuries, Intervention, Media violence, Pediatricians, Prevention, Rural population, Urban population, Violence, War, Witnesses

U.S. Congress, Office of Technology Assessment. 1990. Health care in rural America. Washington, DC: U.S. Congress, Office of Technology Assessment, 529 pp., summ. (26 pp.).

Annotation: This report considers the access to primary and acute health care services in rural America. It studies problems related to the health and access to health care services for rural residents and the role of the federal government in rural health, and it reviews issues and options in providing health services. It also identifies various options for future congressional action.

Keywords: Access to care, Federal government, Health care utilization, Health services, Physicians, Policy development, Public policy, Rural hospitals, Rural population, Statistics
   

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