Persisting rise in referrals during labor in primary midwife-led care in The Netherlands

Birth

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 192-201

  Offerhaus, Pien M ^a   Hukkelhoven, Chantal W P M ^b   de Jonge, Ank ^c   van der Pal de Bruin, Karin M ^d   Scheepers, Peer L H ^e   Lagro Janssen, Antoine L M ^f  

^a Royal Dutch Organisation of Midwives   (Netherlands)

^b The Netherlands Perinatal Registry   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d TNO   (Netherlands)

^e RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^f RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Maternity care; Midwifery; Perinatal outcome; Planned home birth; Referral

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOME DELIVERY; HUMAN; LABOR; MATERNAL CARE; MIDWIFE; NETHERLANDS; OBSTETRICS; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PERINATAL OUTCOME; PLANNED HOME BIRTH; PREGNANCY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SECONDARY HEALTH CARE; STATISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

MATERNITY CARE; MIDWIFERY; PERINATAL OUTCOME; PLANNED HOME BIRTH; REFERRAL;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HOME CHILDBIRTH; HUMANS; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; MIDWIFERY; NETHERLANDS; OBSTETRICS; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SECONDARY CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884726086     PISSN: 07307659     EISSN: 1523536X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/birt.12055     Document Type: Article

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