Appropriate prenatal care is critical to ensuring safe childbirth, but many populations face barriers that create inequities in maternal health outcomes. During the COVID-19 pandemic, telehealth emerged as a promising way to expand access, therefore driving its rapid adoption. This shift highlights the need to better understand the workforce providing telehealth for pregnancy care.
This article analyzes national-level data from privately insured patients to examine how obstetrician-gynecologists delivered telehealth services for pregnancy care during the early, mid, and late stages of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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