Federal public policy and legislative solutions for improving maternal health
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Contributor(s):
- American Hospital Association, issuing body.
- Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : American Hospital Association, April 2021
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Federal Government Health Policy Maternal Health United States
- Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- Maternal health is a top priority for the AHA and our member hospitals and health systems, and our initial efforts are aimed at eliminating maternal mortality and reducing severe morbidity. As hospitals work to improve health outcomes, we are redoubling our efforts to improve maternal health across the continuum of care and reaching out to community partners to aid in this important effort. The AHA continues to support a strong federal response to the current COVID-19 pandemic. Vulnerable populations, such as pregnant women, should remain a key priority in our concerted effort to address this health care crisis. The causes of maternal mortality and morbidity are complex, including lack of consistent access to comprehensive care and persistent racial disparities in health and health care. To help improve maternal health, we support the federal public policy and legislative actions discussed below.
- Copyright:
- Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY-NC-ND license. (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (1 PDF file (6 pages))
- NLM Unique ID:
- 9918418285206676 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/9918418285206676