Texas Birth Center Landscape
There are approximately 90 Birth Centers in Texas
Birth centers make up approximately 30% of all delivering facilities in Texas
Birth centers births are disproportionately funded in comparison to hospital births
This means birth centers are serving predominately affluent populations - see map
Birth centers are an underutilized resource as part of the solution for the poor maternal outcomes in Texas
Even when birth centers are fairly compensated, birth centers save payers millions of dollars