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Risk Appropriate Perinatal Care

Contact Information

Office on Women's Health
Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services
PO Box 570
Jefferson City, MO 65102-0570

Phone: 573-526-0445
Email: womenshealth@health.mo.gov

Reducing maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality by encouraging growth and quality improvement efforts within facilities providing care for high-risk populations.

Risk-appropriate care, or perinatal regionalization, is a strategy to improve health outcomes for pregnant women and infants. Having a coordinated system helps to ensure pregnant women and infants at high risk of complications receive care at a birth facility that is best prepared to meet their health needs.

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