Associations Between Historically Redlined Districts and Racial Disparities in Current Obstetric Outcomes.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Despite much higher health care expenditure than comparable countries, striking racial and ethnic disparities exist in obstetric outcomes in the United States. A multifaceted exploration of the factors influencing these disparities, including the legacy of structural racism, is important to improve health outcomes for all.

Objective

To characterize the association of the historic racially discriminatory home loan practice of redlining with disparities in modern obstetric outcomes.

Design, setting, and participants

In this retrospective cohort study of a 9-county birth certificate database in the Finger Lakes region of New York state from 2005 to 2018, modern obstetric outcomes were matched with regions classified by the federal government for mortgage loan

SUBMITTER: Hollenbach SJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8485176 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature