Study: Wide Hospital Quality Gap on Maternity Care

The NewYorkTimes By THE ASSOCIATED PRESSAUG. 4, 2014, WASHINGTON — Where a woman delivers her baby can make a major difference to her own health — a quality gap that remains largely hidden from mothers-to-be.  A new study comparing hospitals nationwide finds that women who delivered at low-performing facilities suffered more than twice the rate of major complications for vaginal births. For cesarean section deliveries, the disparity was even greater: nearly a fivefold difference, according to the study in Monday’s issue of Health Affairs.  Read More