December 10, 2024
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U.S. News & World Report identified 414 hospitals as having a strong track record for access to obstetric care. This year, more hospitals submitted obstetric care data than in previous years.
U.S. News & World Report announced its 2025 list of hospitals with easy access to obstetric care and hospitals with high performance in obstetric care, according to a press release from the magazine.
New for 2025, U.S. News researchers have incorporated additional pathways for hospitals to demonstrate their commitment to breastfeeding, with a focus on severe and unanticipated complications instead of the overall unanticipated complications previously used. We used rates of unanticipated neonatal complications and gave greater weight to measures of racial and ethnic disparities and reporting on birth-friendly policies. Measure labor and childbirth representation by race and ethnicity and implement the measures introduced.
“With a record number of hospitals evaluated, U.S. News’ 2025 Best Hospitals for Maternity Care rating represents the most comprehensive resource for expectant parents ever,” U.S. News & said Dr. Jennifer Winston, health data scientist at World Report. release.
The researchers investigated caesarean delivery rates, unanticipated severe neonatal complication rates, regular vaginal delivery rates after caesarean delivery, exclusive breastfeeding efforts, episiotomy rates, birth-friendly practices, and human We constructed a composite obstetric care score based on reports of racial and ethnic disparities.
This year, 817 hospitals submitted obstetric data for evaluation, and 414 of them were selected by U.S. News for providing quality obstetric care. In addition, researchers identified 118 hospitals that provide obstetric care services in areas where this type of care is not available.
A complete list of hospitals with the Access to Obstetric Care designation and the High Performance Hospital in Obstetric Care designation can be found on USNews.com.
“These high-performing hospitals provide exceptional care to expectant parents, have significantly lower C-section rates, and fewer unexpected and severe cases than hospitals not recognized by U.S. News. It has been demonstrated that severe neonatal complications occur,” Winston said.
