Availability of Rural Hospitals Providing Inpatient Maternity Care in Medicaid Authors: Rhiannon Euhus, Brittni Frederiksen, and Alice Burns Published: Aug 26, 2026

https://www.kff.org/medicaid/availability-of-rural-hospitals-providing-inpatient-maternity-care-in-medicaid/ Considering the existing challenges to hospital-based maternity care in rural areas and the potential for it to worsen, this data note analyzes the availability of hospitals providing inpatient maternity care in rural areas for Medicaid enrollees and illustrates how access to these services could be affected if additional rural hospitals were to close or eliminate those services.