Midwifery care at a freestanding birth center: A safe and effective alternative to conventional maternity care

Health Services Research

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1750-1768

  Benatar, Sarah ^a   Garrett, A Bowen ^b   Howell, Embry ^a   Palmer, Ashley ^a  

^a URBAN INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b MCKINSEY AND COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

African American women; cesarean section; low income women; Midwives; prenatal care

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CESAREAN SECTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; FEMALE; FETUS MONITORING; FORCEPS DELIVERY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITAL POLICY; HUMAN; INSURANCE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNITY WARD; MIDWIFE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL CARE; PROPENSITY SCORE; RESIDENTIAL AREA; TERM BIRTH; UNITED STATES; VACUUM EXTRACTION;

AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN; CESAREAN SECTION; LOW-INCOME WOMEN; MIDWIVES; PRENATAL CARE;

ADULT; BIRTH CERTIFICATES; BIRTHING CENTERS; CESAREAN SECTION; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDWIFERY; OBSTETRICS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; PROPENSITY SCORE;

EID: 84884910305     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.12061     Document Type: Article

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