Did an urban perinatal health programme in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, reduce adverse perinatal outcomes?:Register-based retrospective cohort study

Objectives To study the effect of an urban perinatal health programme in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, on perinatal outcomes.Design A retrospective cohort study with differencein-differences analysis using individual-level perinatal outcome data from the Dutch Perinatal Registry 2003-2014 linked to Central Bureau of Statistics data of migration background and individual disposable household income.Intervention The programme consisted of perinatal health promotion, risk selection and risk-guided pregnancy care, and a new primary care child birth centre. The programme was implemented during 2009-2... Mehr ...