A new States of Health post describes the primary credentialled types of midwives and the policy changes needed to address workforce barriers, including licensure gaps, reimbursement disparities, and restrictive scope of practice laws.
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Policies Are Needed to Support an Essential Health Workforce: Midwives | Milbank Memorial Fund
More than 2.3 million women of reproductive age live in maternity care deserts — counties with no hospitals offering obstetric care and no OB-GYN or certified nurse-midwife in practice.