Maternal morbidity and postpartum care in Black women: analyzing postpartum rehospitalizations and access to care in Georgia

BACKGROUND: Severe maternal morbidity (SMM) is defined as having unexpected outcomes at labor and delivery that result in significant consequences to a woman’s health. The rate of SMM has risen 99% domestically between 1998 and 2015, and has been found to increase postpartum rehospitalizations, but...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Louis, Michelle Reid
Other Authors: Declercq, Eugene R.
Language:en_US
Published: 2021
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2144/42583