Comparison of In-Hospital Maternal Mortality Between Hospital Systems in Queensland, Australia and Louisiana, United States.

CONCLUSION: Women from Louisiana, United States and Queensland, Australia have similar rates of preventable maternal death. No statistically significant factors explained trends in Australian maternal death; American maternal mortality was significantly associated with point of entry into prenatal care, likely influenced by insurance status. Furthermore, the majority of deaths in this group were complicated by hospital systems-based factors. PMID: 29026356 [PubMed]
Source: Ochsner Journal - Category: General Medicine Tags: Ochsner J Source Type: research