Developing quality indicators for assessing quality of birth centre care: a mixed- methods study

Developing quality indicators for assessing quality of birth centre care: a mixed- methods study

Abstract Background Birth centres are described as settings where women with uncomplicated pregnancies can give birth in a home-like environment assisted by midwives and maternity care assistants. If complications arise or threaten, the woman is referred to a maternity unit of a hospital where an ob...

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Main Authors: Inge C. Boesveld, Marieke A. A. Hermus, Hanneke J. de Graaf, Marit Hitzert, Karin M. van der Pal-de Bruin, Raymond G. de Vries, Arie Franx, Therese A. Wiegers
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-08-01
Series:BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
Subjects:
Quality indicators
Birthing centres
Structure and process assessment
Delphi method
The Netherlands
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12884-017-1439-9

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