Michael R Kramer, Katie Labgold, Adrienne D Zertuche, Jennifer D Runkle, Michael Bryan, Gordon R Freymann, David Austin, E Kathleen Adams, Anne L Dunlop
BACKGROUND: The increasing focus of population surveillance and research on maternal-and not only fetal and infant-health outcomes is long overdue. The United States maternal mortality rate is higher than any other high-income country, and Georgia is among the highest rates in the country. Severe maternal morbidity (SMM) is conceived of as a "near miss" for maternal mortality, is 50 times more common than maternal death, and efforts to systematically monitor SMM rates in populations have increased in recent years...
January 11, 2023: Medical Care