Maternity care financing: challenges and opportunities highlighted by the COVID-19 pandemic
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Series Title(s):
- Maternal health inequity during the COVID-19 pandemic
- Author(s):
- Allen, Eva H., author Benatar, Sarah, author
- Contributor(s):
- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, issuing body. Urban Institute, issuing body.
- Publication:
- [Washington, DC] : Urban Institute, October 2020
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Health Care Costs Health Equity Healthcare Disparities Healthcare Financing Maternal Health Maternal Health Services United States
- Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- Part of a larger series on the pandemic and maternal health equity, this analysis draws on interviews with maternal care stakeholders and an environmental scan of the literature and publicly available information to describe the strengths and deficiencies of maternal health care financing in the United States and the ways current policies and practices contribute to inequitable maternal health outcomes. We also consider how the pandemic is exacerbating these longstanding issues while simultaneously allowing policymakers, practitioners, and advocates to reevaluate how we approach and pay for maternal health care. Because Medicaid finances a disproportionate share of maternity care and covers a disproportionate share of pregnant women of color, we focus on Medicaid policies and strategies that can better support perinatal health.
- Copyright:
- Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY-NC-DC license. (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (1 PDF file (15 pages))
- Illustrations:
- Illustrations
- NLM Unique ID:
- 9918266094306676 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/9918266094306676