Caseload midwifery compared to standard or private obstetric care for first time mothers in a public teaching hospital in Australia: A cross sectional study of cost and birth outcomes

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Tracy, Sally K ^a,d   Welsh, Alec ^b   Hall, Bev ^a,d   Hartz, Donna ^a,d   Lainchbury, Anne ^a   Bisits, Andrew ^a   White, Jan ^a   Tracy, Mark B ^c,d  

^a ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cost of caseload; Midwifery group practice; Private obstetrics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIRTH WEIGHT; CESAREAN SECTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPISIOTOMY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; LABOR ONSET; LABOR STAGE 1; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDWIFE; OBSTETRIC PROCEDURE; PARITY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; PRIMIPARA; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; TEACHING HOSPITAL; VAGINAL DELIVERY; WORKLOAD; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CESAREAN SECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EXTRACTION, OBSTETRICAL; FEMALE; GROUP PRACTICE; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; MIDWIFERY; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; NATURAL CHILDBIRTH; OBSTETRICS; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PRIVATE PRACTICE; RISK ASSESSMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892735343     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-14-46     Document Type: Article

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