Infant Emergency Department Use After Midwifery‐ Versus Obstetrician‐Led Perinatal Care: A Population‐Based Cohort Study
Among infants born to low-risk primiparous women, midwifery-model care was associated with less ED use after birth than an obstetrics model of care. Among similar populations, enhanced access to midwifery care might reduce postnatal newborn resource use.
Authors
- Joel G. Ray (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1635-4658)
- Thérèse A. Stukel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2951-1360)
- Carla Sorbara
- Sho Podolsky
Institutions
- St. Michael's Hospital (CA)
- University of Toronto (CA)
- North York General Hospital (CA)
- Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
- Published
- 2025-08-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/1471-0528.18346
- Primary Topic
- Emergency and Acute Care Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research