Journal article
Outcomes Associated with Planned Home and Planned Hospital Births in Low‐Risk Women Attended by Midwives in Ontario, Canada, 2003–2006: A Retrospective Cohort Study
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Midwives in Ontario, Canada, provide care in the home and hospital and are required to submit data for all births to the Ontario Ministry of Health database. The purpose of this study was to compare maternal and perinatal/neonatal mortality and morbidity and intrapartum intervention rates for women attended by Ontario midwives who planned a home birth compared with similar low-risk women who planned a hospital birth between 2003 and …
Authors
Hutton EK; Reitsma AH; Kaufman K
Journal
Birth, Vol. 36, No. 3, pp. 180–189
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
September 2009
DOI
10.1111/j.1523-536x.2009.00322.x
ISSN
0730-7659
Associated Experts
Fields of Research (FoR)
Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)
Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
AdultCesarean SectionChi-Square DistributionCohort StudiesContraindicationsFemaleHome ChildbirthHospitalizationHumansInfant MortalityInfant, NewbornMaternal MortalityNurse MidwivesNursing Evaluation ResearchObstetric Labor ComplicationsOntarioParityPatient SelectionPregnancyPregnancy OutcomeRetrospective StudiesSafetyTransportation of Patients