Drive time to Arkansas hospitals for labor and delivery getting longer, report shows

By: Tess Vrbin

Outlets: Arkansas Advocate

Published: June 22, 2026

Words: 754

Last Updated: 4 weeks ago

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Rural Arkansans face increasingly long drives to hospitals that deliver babies as more labor and delivery units have closed due to financial strain, according to new data from the Arkansas Center for Health Improvement.

ACHI, a nonpartisan health research and advocacy center, found that 29% of pregnant Arkansans traveled more than 30 minutes and 8% traveled more than an hour to give birth in 2024. The longer it takes to get to a delivering …

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