Implementation and effects of risk-dependent obstetric care in the Netherlands: a clinical impact study Expect Study II

Introduction: This study will compare former obstetric care as usual Expect I with risk-dependent care using a prediction tool Expect II. The Expect I study externally validated 39 prediction models using data of 2,614 women prospectively included from 2013 to 2015. Clinically useful models were embedded in a prediction tool. At the same time, risk-dependent care paths were developed by gynaecologists and midwives of Limburg southern province of the Netherlands. In risk-dependent care antenatal care is tailored to the results of individual risk assessments. Furthermore, these care paths stimul... Mehr ...