Perinatal health inequalities and accessibility of maternity services in a rural French region: closing maternity units in Burgundy

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Combier, Evelyne | Charreire, Hélène | Le Vaillant, Marc | Michaut, Francis | Ferdynus, Cyril | Amat-Roze, Jeanne-Marie | Gouyon, Jean-Bernard | Quantin, Catherine | Zeitlin, Jennifer

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International audience. Maternity unit closures in France have increased travel time for pregnant women in rural areas. We assessed the impact of travel time to the closest unit on perinatal outcomes and care in Burgundy using multilevel analyses of data on deliveries from 2000 to 2009. A travel time of 30min or more increased risks of fetal heart rate anomalies, meconium-stained amniotic fluid, out-of-hospital births, and pregnancy hospitalizations; a positive but non-significant gradient existed between travel time and perinatal mortality. The effects of long travel distances on perinatal outcomes and care should be factored into closure decisions.

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