The top three states are all located in the Northeast, the report found.
Thursday by the Commonwealth Fund, a private foundation focused on health care, used three main metrics to measure the quality of health care in each state: health outcomes, health care quality and prevention, and access and affordability.
"We found a threefold difference across states with the highest rates of death concentrated in the southeastern states," David Radley, Ph.D., MPH, the fund's senior scientist of tracking health system performance, said in a news conference Thursday. "We also saw big differences across states in women's ability to access care."
"It's hard to stress how critical a source of coverage Medicaid is for pregnant women," Radley said. "Medicaid covers approximately 42% of all births in the US."Halle Berry joins senators in supporting $275 million bill for menopauseAnother example of the wide disparities across states: California, which has strong health policies, reported 9.9 maternal deaths per 100,000 births. By contrast, Mississippi, with less supportive policies, reported 44.
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