Outcomes associated with planned home and planned hospital births in low-risk women attended by midwives in Ontario, Canada, 2003-2006: A retrospective cohort study

Birth

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 180-189

  Hutton, Eileen K ^a,c   Reitsma, Angela H ^b   Kaufman, Karyn ^c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Hamilton Midwives   (New Zealand)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Birth outcomes; Cesarean section rates; Home birth; Midwifery care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CANADA; CESAREAN SECTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOME CARE; HOME DELIVERY; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; LABOR ONSET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MIDWIFE; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NULLIPARA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARITY; PATIENT CARE; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HOME CHILDBIRTH; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NURSE MIDWIVES; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; ONTARIO; PARITY; PATIENT SELECTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAFETY; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS;

EID: 70049089435     PISSN: 07307659     EISSN: 1523536X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-536X.2009.00322.x     Document Type: Article

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