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Are private obstetric services safer and more cost effective than midwife-led care in Australia?

  • Natasha Hirschhorn-Edwards
  • , Hannah Dahlen
  • , Sue Kildea
  • , Sally K. Tracy
  • University of New South Wales
  • Charles Darwin University
  • The University of Sydney

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Abstract

A paper published this week reported that private obstetricians in private hospitals provide the safest and most cost-effective care. Although the authors cleverly compared a matched cohort of women linking some clinical and cost outcomes, two very different systems of care were compared: one that offers less than one quarter of Australian couples a personal choice of caregiver and place of birth (private care) compared to the other that caters for all comers (public care).
Original languageEnglish
Number of pages2
JournalBJOG : An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
DOIs
Publication statusE-pub ahead of print (In Press) - 2025

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This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

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