Implementing CDC’s Level of Care Assessment Tool (LOCATe): A National Collaboration to Improve Maternal and Child Health

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• Alternative Title:
  J Womens Health (Larchmt)
• Personal Author:
  Catalano, Andrea ; Bennett, Amanda ; Busacker, Ashley ; Carr, Alethia ; Goodman, David ; Kroelinger, Charlan ; Okoroh, Ekwutosi ; Brantley, Mary ; Barfield, Wanda
• Description:
  Perinatal regionalization, or risk-appropriate care, is an approach that classifies facilities based on capabilities to ensure women and infants receive care at a facility that aligns with their risk. The CDC designed the Levels of Care Assessment Tool (LOCATe) to assist jurisdictions working in risk-appropriate care in assessing a facility's level of maternal and neonatal care aligned with the most current American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists/Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (ACOG/SMFM) and American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) guidelines. LOCATe produces standardized assessments for each hospital that participates and facilitates conversations among stakeholders in risk-appropriate care. This article describes how public health departments implement and use LOCATe in their jurisdictions.
• Subjects:
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S.
  • Child Health
  • Critical Care
  • Female
  • Health Services Accessibility
  • Humans
  • Intensive Care Units
  • Intensive Care Units, Neonatal
  • Intensive Care, Neonatal
  • Maternal-Child Health Centers
  More +
• Keywords:
  • perinatal regionalization
  • risk-appropriate care
  • levels of neonatal care
  • levels of maternal care
  • CDC LOCATe
  • levels of care assessment tool
• Source:
  J Womens Health (Larchmt). 26(12):1265-1269
• Pubmed ID:
  29240547
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC6020827
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  26
• Issue:
  12
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/56565/cdc_56565_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 255.36 KB]
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:bda29021b50f996688e42821ccc95907b2912acaa6fbd9fc2f0a7f472e6f48ae