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Maternal Mortality Review Committee reports drop in pregnancy-related deaths in 2023; mental-health and hemorrhage cited as leading causes
Summary
Oren Duffin, executive officer for Idaho’s Maternal Mortality Review Committee, presented the MMRC’s 2023 summary: 11 pregnancy-associated deaths were reviewed and five were classified as pregnancy-related; the most frequent pregnancy-related causes were mental-health conditions and hemorrhage.
Oren Duffin, program director for the Health Professions Bureau and executive officer for Idaho’s Maternal Mortality Review Committee (MMRC), presented the MMRC’s 2023 report and summary to the Senate Health and Welfare Committee.
Duffin said the MMRC received 13 maternal-death cases for preliminary review in 2023; 11 met the committee’s inclusion criteria (death of a woman while pregnant or within one year of pregnancy). Of the 11 pregnancy-associated deaths the MMRC reviewed, five were determined to be pregnancy-related and six were pregnancy-associated but not pregnancy-related. The committee determined that medical error or denial of care did not contribute to the reviewed 2023 deaths, and it found no direct evidence in the reviewed records of discrimination contributing to…
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