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Maternal Mortality in the United States: A Primer

By The Commonwealth Fund
Added: May 12, 2021
LearnPartner Content

Understanding the evidence on maternal mortality and its causes is a key step in crafting health care delivery and policy solutions at the state or federal level. This data brief draws on a range of recent and historical data sets to present the state of maternal health in the United States today.

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Written by:
Kelli Sheppard
Published on:
May 12, 2021

Resource Information

Author: The Commonwealth Fund
Audience: Clinical
Type: Report
Category: Use of Data / Evaluation
Dimension: Learn
Topics: Data, Maternal Health, Maternal Mortality
MHLIC is committed to providing reliable, accurate resources that will increase the user’s knowledge and/or ability to improve the state of maternal health in the United States. Some of the resources may be primarily informational and others may be oriented more towards capacity-building to implement a program or action. Many will be a blend of the two. Read our full terms and disclaimer here.

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