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Disparities in maternal mortality
Journal of Clinical and Translational Science, 2023 Maternal mortality rates in the USA remain high, with persistent racial and socioeconomic disparities. We identified 207,016 hospital admissions for pregnant women in Maryland, from 2017 to 2019.
Phuong Tran +3 more
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American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2011 The reduction in maternal mortality over the last 100 years in high income countries is one of the greatest achievements of modern medicine, but one that in recent years seems to have been nearly forgotten. In a walk through nearly any old cemetery, one finds the grave markers of large numbers of young women, many who died in childbirth. The statistics
Elizabeth M. McClure +1 more
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European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, 1994 Maternal mortality rates (or ratios) are widely used as one indicator of the quality of medical care. There has been concern that conclusions may be drawn from unreliable data. A survey of practices in European countries confirms that there are differences in interpretation of definitions and evidence of significant under-reporting in official returns ...
B. M. Hibbard, Dawn Milner
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Measuring maternal mortality : an overview of opportunities and options for developing countries [PDF]
, 2008 Background:There is currently an unprecedented expressed need and demand for estimates of maternal mortality in developing countries. This has been stimulated in part by the creation of a Millennium Development Goal that will be judged partly on the ...
A Paxton +46 more
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Impact of violence against women on severe acute maternal morbidity in the intensive care unit, including neonatal outcomes: a case–control study protocol in a tertiary healthcare facility in Lima, Peru [PDF]
, 2018 Introduction Preventing and reducing violence against women (VAW) and maternal mortality are Sustainable Development Goals. Worldwide, the maternal mortality ratio has fallen about 44% in the last 25 years, and for one maternal death there are many women
Ayala Quintanilla, Beatriz Paulina +3 more
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Maternal mortality in Yazd Province, Iran
Electronic Physician, 2016 Introduction: Five hundred thousand maternal deaths occur each year worldwide, many of which are in developing countries. The maternal mortality rate is a measure that demonstrates the degree of adequacy of prenatal care and of economic and social ...
Mojgan Karimi-Zarchi +8 more
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Addressing Inequity to Achieve the Maternal and Child Health Millennium Development Goals: Looking Beyond Averages. [PDF]
, 2012 Inequity in access to and use of child and maternal health interventions is impeding progress towards the maternal and child health Millennium Development Goals.
A Amouzou +36 more
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Temporal and spatial evolution of maternal and neonatal mortality rates in Brazil, 1997–2012
Jornal de Pediatria (Versão em Português), 2016 Objective: Maternal and neonatal mortality are important public health issues in low‐income countries. This study evaluated spatial and temporal maternal and neonatal mortality trends in Brazil between 1997 and 2012.
Nádia Cristina Pinheiro Rodrigues +8 more
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Maternal mortality ratio in China from 1990 to 2019: trends, causes and correlations
BMC Public Health, 2021 Background Maternal mortality ratio is an important indicator to evaluate the health status in developing countries. Previous studies on maternal mortality ratio in China were limited to certain areas or short periods of time, and there was a lack of ...
Lu Chen +3 more
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