OBJECTIVE: to examine the evidence in relation to very advanced maternal age (≥ 45
years) and maternal and perinatal outcomes in high-income countries. BACKGROUND: this …

Abstract Background The World Health Organization states there are three interrelated
domains that are fundamental to achieving and maintaining universal access to care-raising …

Since the 1970s, governments in many high-income countries have implemented a series of
reforms in their health care systems to improve efficiency and effectiveness. Many of these …

Background: In Australia, birth rates for women aged 35 years or more are significant and
increasing and a considerable percentage are first births. This study investigated the effect …

This paper evaluates the association of maternal variables and of variables related to
prenatal and delivery care with cesarean sections at a public and at a private maternity. A …

Objective To describe women's reports of the model of care options General Practitioners
(GPs) discussed with them at the first pregnancy consultation and women's self-reported role …

Background Concerns have been raised in Australia and internationally regarding the
quality and effectiveness of hospital postnatal care, although Australian women receiving …

Objective: Design, setting and participants: A population‐based study of 789 240 term
singleton births in public and private hospitals in 2001–2004, using data from the National …

OBJECTIVE: to describe the dominant policies and practices that have governed childbirth
in Ireland, and to outline the progress made towards the introduction of midwifery-led care in …

Im europäischen Vergleich liegen die geburtshilflichen Interventionsraten in der BRD
vergleichsweise hoch. Diese Untersuchung soll die Entwicklung geburtshilflicher …