Adequacy of PreNatal Care Utilization [index](English)

• assesses the adequacy of prenatal care utilization and its association with low birthweight in the US for data since 1980. The index suggests that only 61.1% of women received adequate prenatal care, including 17.7% with more intensive care; 16.7% received inadequate care. More White (63.4%) than Black women (51.9%) received adequate prenatal care. Low-birthweight rates were elevated among women with inadequate prenatal care and among those who received more intensive prenatal care
• Pregnancy, Neonatal situation, Health care
• https://doi.org…/ajph.84.9.1486