Distance from Home Birth to Emergency Obstetric Services and Neonatal Outcomes: A Cohort Study

INTRODUCTION: Little is known about the relationship between distance from hospital services and the outcomes of planned home births. We examined whether greater driving distance from a hospital with continuous cesarean capability was associated with a higher risk of adverse neonatal outcome among individuals who were planning to give birth at home. METHODS: Using an intention-to-treat analysis, we conducted a population-based cohort study of …