A recent publication by Deborah Kilday, MSN of Premier explains how we can improve maternal outcomes as labor and delivery patients are the largest population in a hospital at any given time.
As the nation aims to improve care for mothers and infants, and federal legislators build on the Preventing Maternal Deaths Act passed in 2018, health systems must consider how to enhance their perinatal care while lowering costs.
Labor and delivery patients are the largest population in a hospital at any given time, totaling 10-12 percent of the census. Yet, there’s great variation in hospitals’ cost for maternity care nationwide and no surefire explanation of what drives the inconsistencies.
According to a recent analysis by Premier, complications and chronic conditions escalate hospitals’ cost of care upwards of 20 percent. Our research also shows that the instance of severe maternal morbidity (SMM) factors is on the rise. Providers must come together and solve for these issues to protect the quality of life for mothers and babies. Continue here>>
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