Pregnancy care of the low risk woman: the community-hospital interface

Aims to determine the extent to which women suitable for community-based antenatal and intrapartum care will require hospital contact. Reports on an historical cohort study of low risk women who underwent standard shared care and for whom the records for both pregnancy and delivery were complete at...

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Published in:International journal of health care quality assurance 1996, Vol.9 (5), p.39-44
Main Authors: Kean, Lucy H, Liu, David T.Y, Macquisten, Sue
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Childbirth & labor
Community health care
Community-Institutional Relations
Consultants
Continuity of care
Continuity of Patient Care
Delivery, Obstetric
Female
Gynecology
Health administration
Health care access
Hospitals
Humans
Maternal child nursing
Maternal Health Services - organization & administration
Maternal Health Services - standards
Midwifery
Obstetric Labor Complications - therapy
Obstetrics
Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, Hospital - utilization
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications - diagnosis
Pregnant women
Prenatal care
Prenatal Care - organization & administration
Prenatal Care - standards
Professionals
Relationship
Risk Factors
State Medicine
Studies
Surveillance
United Kingdom
Women
Womens health
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Summary:Aims to determine the extent to which women suitable for community-based antenatal and intrapartum care will require hospital contact. Reports on an historical cohort study of low risk women who underwent standard shared care and for whom the records for both pregnancy and delivery were complete at The City Hospital and University Hospital, Nottingham. Concludes that the shift to community-based care aims to bring many improvements to the overall care and satisfaction of pregnant women. However, it may not reduce the workload of hospital-based services to a great extent as the majority of women, even if low risk at booking, will require some hospital input at some time during pregnancy or labour.
ISSN:0952-6862
1758-6542
DOI:10.1108/09526869610125037