A Comparison of Midwife-Led and Medical-Led Models of Care and Their Relationship to Adverse Fetal and Neonatal Outcomes: A Retrospective Cohort Study in New Zealand.

Internationally, a typical model of maternity care is a medically led system with varying levels of midwifery input. New Zealand has a midwife-led model of care, and there are movements in other countries to adopt such a system. There is a paucity of systemic evaluation that formally investigates sa...

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Main Authors: Ellie Wernham, Jason Gurney, James Stanley, Lis Ellison-Loschmann, Diana Sarfati
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-09-01
Series:PLoS Medicine
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5038958?pdf=render