Midwifery care and birth centers

Midwifery care and birth centers

Collection:
Health Policy and Services Research
Series Title(s):
Issue brief (Center for Mississippi Health Policy)
Contributor(s):
Center for Mississippi Health Policy, issuing body.
Publication:
Jackson, MS : Center for Mississippi Health Policy, May 2020
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
Birthing Centers -- statistics & numerical data
Midwifery -- statistics & numerical data
Mississippi
United States
Genre(s):
Technical Report
Abstract:
As Mississippians cope with a lack of obstetric services in over half of counties in the state, an increasing number of women desire to have less-medicalized births outside of a typical hospital setting. The number of planned births that occurred outside of a hospital in Mississippi grew by 68 percent between 2007 and 2017 as did births attended by midwives. Midwifery care is being explored across the country as a way to alleviate workforce shortages and offer safe, community-based care in low-risk pregnancies.
Copyright:
Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY-NC-ND license. (More information)
Extent:
1 online resource (1 PDF file (4 pages))
Illustrations:
Illustrations
NLM Unique ID:
101773774 (See catalog record)
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101773774