Advancing maternal health equity in southern states: what are Medicaid programs doing and what more could they do?
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Series Title(s):
- Urban Institute research report
- Author(s):
- Haley, Jennifer M., author Hinojosa, Sofia, author Lacy, Leandra, author Willis, Carla, author
- Contributor(s):
- Health Policy Center (Urban Institute), issuing body. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, issuing body.
- Publication:
- Washington, DC : Urban Institute, November 2022
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Health Equity -- economics Health Policy Maternal Health -- statistics & numerical data Medicaid -- legislation & jurisprudence Southeastern United States Southwestern United States
- Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- The US is facing a severe maternal morbidity and mortality crisis, and Black women and other women of color are at particularly high risk. Maternal mortality is also higher in the South than in other regions. Given evidence that abortion restrictions are associated with higher maternal mortality, such risks could grow under the recent Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade, especially in the South, where in many states abortion is now severely restricted. With more than 40 percent of all births nationally, 65 percent of births among Black women, and 59 percent of births among Hispanic women covered by Medicaid, state Medicaid policies and practices have the potential to improve maternal health and reduce racial and ethnic inequities in maternal health outcomes. For this study on Medicaid and maternal health, we conducted interviews with national experts, a national policy scan, and case studies in three southern states (Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas) that are using various approaches to promote improvements in maternal health care for their Medicaid populations. We sought to identify facilitators of and barriers to maternal health equity and promising programs and policy levers that could advance maternal health equity to inform approaches in other southern states.
- 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 (vii, 30 pages))
- Illustrations:
- Illustrations
- NLM Unique ID:
- 9918591687706676 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/9918591687706676