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Despite an ocean of medical advances, the US tops the developing world in infant and maternal mortality rates.
High costs and lack of access to care and coverage are blamed, but these serious healthcare inequities don't start with pregnancy.
Women who can't afford prenatal care likely can't afford pre-pregnancy care- or post-pregnancy and infant care, for that matter. It's why socioeconomic determinants and physical health are just 2 of the 6 risk factors measured by the Maternal Vulnerability Index.
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