Disparities in the provision of perinatal care based on patient race in the United States.
Mary A ByrnElizabeth A BuysMahasin MujahidKristine MadsenPublished in: Birth (Berkeley, Calif.) (2023)
Perinatal care differs by maternal race/ethnicity, particularly when guidelines or expert recommendations are absent. Greater efforts need to be made to identify and mitigate providers' implicit and explicit biases; expanded professional guidelines may offer some protections against inequitable, discretionary care.