Maternity care is fully available across much of Northeast Ohio, including Cuyahoga County, according to data by the Center for Community Solutions. Despite that, pregnant people in the county are more likely to have poor health outcomes than people in much of the rest of the state.
That indicates there is a disconnect between getting mothers the proper care that the data shows is available in the county, said Emily Muttillo, the center’s director of research.
“We’re in a maternal health care crisis, and we need to really think about it wholistically,” Muttillo said. “It’s a combination of things.”…