American Academy of Pediatrics
Scientific/Peer-reviewed article
Segregated and unequal care contributes to racial and ethnic disparities in perinatal outcomes and sustains disadvantage for infants and their families. The critical need is to identify the primary drivers of disparity and act to eliminate them. The study by Glazer et al makes an important contribution: in an understudied population that accounts for the vast majority of births, the study not only shows variation on an important composite measure of quality by race and ethnicity, but also points the way forward by identifying the primary sources of variation, highlighting the important role of the delivery hospital.