NIH R01 · 2024
PROJECT SUMMARY The year after birth, also known as the “fourth trimester”, is a growing focus of efforts to address high rates of maternal morbidity and mortality in the United States (U.S.), which disproportionally affect racial-ethnic minorities, rural women and women insured by Medicaid at delivery. More than half of pregnancy-related deaths occur in the year after delivery and a significant share of women experience postpartum morbidity due to physical and mental health conditions. As the payer for nearly half of U.S. births and a larger share of births among Black and Indigenous women, Medicaid is a key lever to improve population-level postpartum health disparities. As the COVID-19…
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