Home birth and the National Australian Maternity Services Review: Too hot to handle?

Women and Birth

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 148-155

  Dahlen, H ^a   Schmied, V ^a   Tracy, S K ^b   Jackson, M ^a   Cummings, J ^a   Priddis, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Continuity of care; Funding; Home birth; Insurance; Maternity Services Review; Medicare; Midwives

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BABY; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; CONTENT ANALYSIS; FAMILY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOME DELIVERY; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE; MATERNITY WARD; MIDWIFE; MOTHER; ONLINE SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC OPINION;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; FAMILY; FEMALE; FINANCIAL SUPPORT; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOME CHILDBIRTH; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDWIFERY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY; RESEARCH REPORT;

EID: 80755187957     PISSN: 18715192     EISSN: 18781799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wombi.2010.10.002     Document Type: Article

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