Cal Hospital Compare is pleased to recognize 94 hospitals on the new 2024 Maternity Care Honor Roll.
Background:
Starting this year, California Health and Human Services Agency and Cal Hospital Compare recognizes hospitals that meet or exceed performance standards for 5 maternal health metrics including: NTSV C-section, surgical site infection after a C-section, vaginal birth after a C-section (also known as a VBAC), episiotomy, and early elective deliveries prior to 39 weeks gestational age. The 2015 – 2023 Maternity Care Honor Rolls recognized hospitals that met performance standards for the NTSV C-section rate only.
- 94 out of 223 eligible hospitals met the 2024 honor roll criteria; which represents just 42% of all hospitals that offer maternity services in California
- 56 hospitals met the new maternity care composite measure by meeting or exceeding performance standards for all 5 maternal health metrics; which represents just 25% of all eligible hospitals
- An additional 38 hospitals met or surpassed the historic honor roll criteria by meeting or exceeding the statewide and Healthy People 2030 NTSV C-section target rate of 23.6% for low-risk, first time births
For more information and to see the full list of 2024 Honor Roll hospitals, read our fact sheet. To learn more about the honor roll criteria, see the methodology report here.
To see which hospitals have made the honor roll from 2021 to 2023, view the data visualization from the California Department of Healthcare Access and Information (HCAI).
Hospital recipients who achieved the 2024 Maternity Care Honor Roll and would like to obtain a copy of their award certificate, please contact Tracy Fisk at tfisk@convergencehealth.org.
