HEALTH
These States Offer the Worst Access to High-Quality Prenatal and Maternal Care
LendingTree | Where a woman lives can shape how easily she gets prenatal checkups, finds an in-network OB-GYN or delivers at a hospital with strong maternity practices — and a LendingTree analysis shows that access and quality are improving in some states while worsening in others. Using measures spanning insurance coverage, provider availability and hospital performance, LendingTree ranked 49 states (Rhode Island was excluded because of a lack of new quality data) to determine where pregnant women and those giving birth are best — and worst — served. Here’s what we found.
