A Retrospective Evaluation of a Model of Midwifery Care

We conducted a retrospective evaluation of intrapartum outcomes of 452 women who had no medical or obstetric complications. Seventy‐nine women were cared for in a midwifery service and the remainder were under a physician's care. Most women were white, married, and middle‐class. All deliveries occurred in a tertiary referral center in Ontario, Canada. The midwifery group had statistically significant reductions in the frequency of amniotomy, …