Publicly-funded homebirth models in Australia

Women and Birth

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 152-158

  Catling Paull, Christine ^a   Foureur, Maralyn J ^a   Homer, Caroline S E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Maternity services; Midwifery; Models of care; Publicly funded homebirth

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME DELIVERY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SAFETY; SHORT SURVEY;

AUSTRALIA; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; FINANCIAL SUPPORT; HOME CARE SERVICES, HOSPITAL-BASED; HOME CHILDBIRTH; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDWIFERY; MODELS, NURSING; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84869886874     PISSN: 18715192     EISSN: 18781799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wombi.2011.10.003     Document Type: Short Survey

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