Associations Between State-Level Changes in Reproductive Health Services and Indicators of Severe Maternal Morbidity

Summer Sherburne Hawkins; Sam Harper; Christopher F Baum; Jay S Kaufman

doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2022.4136

Associations Between State-Level Changes in Reproductive Health Services and Indicators of Severe Maternal Morbidity

JAMA Pediatr. 2023 Jan 1;177(1):93-95. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2022.4136.

Authors

Summer Sherburne Hawkins¹, Sam Harper², Christopher F Baum³, Jay S Kaufman²

Affiliations

¹ School of Social Work, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts.
² Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
³ Department of Economics, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts.

No abstract available

Plain language summary

This cross-sectional study examines the legislative, state, economic, and racial factors in increased severe maternal morbidity risk in pregnant individuals.

MeSH terms

Ethnicity
Female
Humans
Maternal Health Services*
Morbidity
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications* / epidemiology
Reproductive Health Services*