Variation in referrals to secondary obstetrician-led care among primary midwifery care practices in the Netherlands : A nationwide cohort study
Background: The primary aim of this study was to describe the variation in intrapartum referral rates in midwifery practices in the Netherlands. Secondly, we wanted to explore the association between the practice referral rate and a woman's chance of an instrumental birth (caesarean section or vaginal instrumental birth). Methods: We performed an observational study, using the Dutch national perinatal database. Low risk births in all primary care midwifery practices over the period 2008-2010 were selected. Intrapartum referral rates were calculated. The referral rate among nulliparous women wa... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | article/Letter to editor |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2015 |
Schlagwörter: | Instrumental birth / Midwifery / Referral |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-27223844 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://research.wur.nl/en/publications/variation-in-referrals-to-secondary-obstetrician-led-care-among-p |