The Current State of Maternity Care and Suggestions for Improvement in the Management of High-risk Pregnancies in South Korea
Journal of the Korean Society of Maternal and Child Health
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: 134-141, 2018.
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in Korean
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ABSTRACT
Since the year 2000, low birth rates have resulted in significant decreases to maternity care services throughout many Korean hospitals. However, there has been a concomitant increase in the number of high-risk pregnancies, due to growing trends in delayed marriages and subsequent pregnancies. Increased maternal age is a risk factor associated with complicated pregnancies and high-risk deliveries, both of which are strongly related to maternal death. With this in mind, the Ministry of Health and Welfare has supported the establishment of a regional perinatal center for high-risk pregnancies, estimated to be be fully completed by the year 2020. Despite this, maternity care services for high-risk pregnancies remain insufficient. According to previous reports, the total number of maternity care hospitals and beds available for high-risk pregnant women were 60 and 399, respectively. This is in stark contrast to previous bed estimates of 1,640. The establishment of a maternity care system for high-risk pregnant women is integral to ensuring optimal conditions for both pregnancy and childbirth. This review briefly evaluates the existing maternity care system for high-risk pregnancies, and proposes several new suggestions for improvements.
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Main subject:
Marriage
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Birth Rate
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Risk Factors
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Maternal Age
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Pregnancy, High-Risk
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Parturition
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Pregnant Women
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Maternal Death
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Korea
Type of study:
Etiology study
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Prognostic study
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Risk factors
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Pregnancy
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Journal of the Korean Society of Maternal and Child Health
Year:
2018
Type:
Article
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