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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Reduce severe maternal complications identified during delivery hospitalizations — MICH‑05

Status: Getting worse

  
Getting worse
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Most Recent Data:
88.2 per 10,000 delivery hospitalizations (2020)

Target:
64.4 per 10,000 1

Desired Direction:
Decrease desired

Baseline:
71.5 per 10,000 delivery hospitalizations had severe maternal complications in 2017 2

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Reduce severe maternal complications identified during delivery hospitalizations

Target-Setting Method
Percent improvement

Data Source:  Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project - National (Nationwide) Inpatient Sample (HCUP-NIS), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

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Summary

Severe complications during labor and delivery can lead to serious and lasting health problems for women, like stroke or kidney problems. Rates of severe maternal complications have increased in recent years, and there are disparities by race/ethnicity. Making sure women get high-quality health care both before and during pregnancy can help reduce severe maternal complications.

Topics:  Pregnancy and Childbirth, Hospital and Emergency Services, Women

Workgroup: Maternal, Infant, and Child Health Workgroup

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1. Target has been revised. See Data Methodology and Measurement for more information.

2. Baseline has been revised. See Data Methodology and Measurement for more information.