Maternal Health Workforce Expansion and Local Childbirths | Synapse
February 5, 2026Open Access
Maternal Health Workforce Expansion and Local Childbirths
Key Points
This research aims to evaluate changes in local childbirth rates following an expansion of the maternal health clinician workforce.
Cohort study design
Analysis of US county childbirth rates before and after 2009
Focus on the impact of the National Health Service Corps workforce expansion
Increased likelihood of local childbirths in counties post-2009
Variation in effects across different counties
Positive correlation between workforce expansion and local childbirth rates
Abstract
This cohort study explores the likelihood of local childbirths in US counties before and after the 2009 expansion of the maternal health clinician workforce via the National Health Service Corps.