Mapping the Location of Health Centers in Relation to “Maternity Care Deserts”
Associations With Utilization of Women’s Health Providers and Services
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9100080 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Anne Rossier Markus (Milken Institute, corresponding author), Drishti Pillai (National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum, Washington, DC) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 59 |
| Issue | Suppl 5 |
| Pages | S434-S440 |
| Publication date | 2021-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Medical Care (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0025-7079 • E-ISSN: 1537-1948 |
| Publisher | Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1097/mlr.0000000000001611 |
| PMID | 34524240 |
| OpenAlex | W3199472856 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 20 |
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: The aim was to explore the association between community health centers' (CHC) distance to a "maternity care desert" (MCD) and utilization of maternity-related health care services, controlling for CHC and county-level factors. MEASURES: Utilization as: total number of CHC visits to obstetrician-gynecologists, certified nurse midwives, family physicians (FP), and nurse practitioners (NP); total number of prenatal care visits and deliveries performed by CHC staff. RESEARCH DESIGN: Cross-sectional design comparing utilization between CHCs close to MCDs and those that were not, using linked 2017 data from the Uniform Data System (UDS), American Hospital Association Survey, and Area Health Resource Files. On the basis of prior research, CHCs close to a "desert" were hypothesized to provide higher numbers of FP and NP visits than obstetrician-gynecologists and certified nurse midwives visits. The sample included 1261 CHCs and all counties in the United States and Puerto Rico (n=3234). RESULTS: Results confirm the hypothesis regarding NP visits but are mixed for FP visits. CHCs close to "deserts" had more NP visits than those that were not. There was also a dose-response effect by MCD classification, with NP visits 3 times higher at CHCs located near areas without any outpatient and inpatient access to maternity care. CONCLUSIONS: CHCs located closer to "deserts" and NPs working at these comprehensive, primary care clinics have an important role to play in providing access to maternity care. More research is needed to determine how best to target resources to these limited access areas
Certification · Community health · Cross-sectional study · Family medicine · Health care · Maternity care · Nurse practitioners · Public health · Emergency and Acute Care Studies · Maternal and fetal healthcare · Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions · Medicine · Nursing
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| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,75 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2023 (2) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |