Local Availability of Neonatal Intensive Care at Rural Hospitals With Childbirth Services

Date
11/2025
Journal
Journal of Perinatology
Description

In this paper, researchers used survey data to better understand county and hospital-level characteristics of rural U.S. hospitals based on distance to the nearest neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).

Center
University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center
Authors
Emily Sheffield, Clara Busse, Julia Interrante, Sara Handley, Katy Kozhimannil