The regionalization of perinatal care should consider existing healthcare structures for facilitating access. This spatial-temporal ecological study identified intermunicipal flows of perinatal births and deaths in Greater Metropolitan Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 2011 and 2014, defined parameters, and systematized proposals for organizing the regionalization of perinatal care. The data sources were the Brazilian Information System on Live Births, Mortality Information System, National Registry of Healthcare Establishments, and 2010 Population Census.
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