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| Title |
The Dutch Birth Centre Study: study design of a programmatic evaluation of the effect of birth centre care in the Netherlands
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| Published in |
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, July 2015
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12884-015-0585-1 |
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| Authors |
Marieke A.A. Hermus, Therese A. Wiegers, Marit F. Hitzert, Inge C. Boesveld, M. Elske van den Akker-van Marle, Henk A. Akkermans, Marc A. Bruijnzeels, Arie Franx, Johanna P. de Graaf, Marlies E.B. Rijnders, Eric A.P. Steegers, Karin M. van der Pal-de Bruin |
| Abstract |
Birth centres are regarded as settings where women with uncomplicated pregnancies can give birth, assisted by a midwife and a maternity care assistant. In case of (threatening) complications referral to a maternity unit of a hospital is necessary. In the last decade up to 20 different birth centres have been instituted in the Netherlands. This increase in birth centres is attributed to various reasons such as a safe and easy accessible place of birth, organizational efficiency in integration of care and direct access to obstetric hospital care if needed, and better use of maternity care assistance. Birth centres are assumed to offer increased integration and quality of care and thus to contribute to better perinatal and maternal outcomes. So far there is no evidence for this assumption as no previous studies of birth centres have been carried out in the Netherlands. The aims are 1) Identification of birth centres and measuring integration of organization and care 2) Measuring the quality of birth centre care 3) Effects of introducing a birth centre on regional quality and provision of care 4) Cost-effectiveness analysis 5) In depth longitudinal analysis of the organization and processes in birth centres. Different qualitative and quantitative methods will be used in the different sub studies. The design is a multi-centre, multi-method study, including surveys, interviews, observations, and analysis of registration data and documents. The results of this study will enable users of maternity care, professionals, policy makers and health care financers to make an informed choice about the kind of birth location that is appropriate for their needs and wishes. |
X Demographics
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 4 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 3 | 75% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 25% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Netherlands | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 114 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 20 | 17% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 15 | 13% |
| Student > Master | 14 | 12% |
| Student > Bachelor | 14 | 12% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 7 | 6% |
| Other | 19 | 16% |
| Unknown | 27 | 23% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing and Health Professions | 32 | 28% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 21 | 18% |
| Social Sciences | 12 | 10% |
| Psychology | 3 | 3% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 2 | 2% |
| Other | 11 | 9% |
| Unknown | 35 | 30% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 02 September 2015.
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#14,282,386
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Outputs from BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
#2,558
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#122,027
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#32
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