The economic costs of intrapartum care in Tower Hamlets: A comparison between the cost of birth in a freestanding midwifery unit and hospital for women at low risk of obstetric complications

详细信息    查看全文

• 作者：Liz Schroeder ; DPhil^a ; ¹ (Health Economist) ; Nishma Patel ; MSc^a ; ² (Health Economist) ; Michelle Keeler ; BMid ; RM ; MSc ; SoM^b ; ³ (Birth Centres ; Integrated Teams Manager) ; Lucia Rocca-Ihenacho ; BSc Midwifery ; RM ; MSc Midwifery^b ; ⁴ (Senior Midwife ; NIHR Research Fellow) ; Alison J. Macfarlane ; BA Dip Stat ; C Stat ; FFPH^c ; ^{A.J.Macfarlane@city.ac.uk} (Professor of Perinatal Health)
• 关键词：Midwifery care ; Freestanding midwifery unit ; Birth centre ; Cost ; Health economics
• 刊名：Midwifery
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：February 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：45
• 期：Complete
• 页码：28-35
• 全文大小：220 K
• 卷排序：45

文摘

Appropriately configured maternity care is important for inner-city areas. Freestanding midwifery unit and hospital care for ‘low risk' women was compared. Micro-costing of health care resource use was based on data in clinical notes. Intrapartum care in a midwifery unit may be cost-minimising compared to hospital. The financial viability of maternity units should be modelled at a local level.