Lack of access to risk-appropriate care, or the right level of care at the right time, has proven dangerous for women and infants in the United States and around the world. Regionalization of care, which is a system for the delivery of health care within a region to ensure accessibility of essential services—even for patients in remote and rural settings—has been in place for decades to designate where infants are born or transferred according to the level of care needed at birth…read more