Neonatal Mortality of Planned Home Birth in the United States in Relation to Professional Certification of Birth Attendants.

INTRODUCTION:Over the last decade, planned home births in the United States (US) have increased, and have been associated with increased neonatal mortality and other morbidities. In a previous study we reported that neonatal mortality is increased in planned home births but we did not perform an ana...

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Main Authors: Amos Grünebaum, Laurence B McCullough, Birgit Arabin, Robert L Brent, Malcolm I Levene, Frank A Chervenak
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4871473?pdf=render