NIH R01 · 2024
The Impacts of State Quality Care Collaboratives on Maternal Health Disparities by Race/Ethnicity
PROJECT SUMMARY Compared to many other high-income countries, the U.S. has stark maternal health outcomes – both severe maternal morbidity (SMM) and maternal mortality (MM) have tripled in the U.S. since 1993. Overall, experts estimate that nearly half of SMM and MM is preventable. Black and Hispanic women have borne the brunt of this maternal health crisis with much higher rates of severe maternal mortality (SMM) and maternal mortality (MM) than White women. To address the growing crisis, states increasingly use quality care collaboratives (QCCs) that aim to train healthcare providers using quality improvement (QI) toolkits. These QI toolkits outline maternal care processes designed to…
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