Quality Care in Midwifery‐Led Birth Centers: Assessing the Disconnect Between Reimbursement and Perinatal Outcomes
Despite poor reimbursement ratios, birth centers consistently exceeded national quality benchmarks in perinatal outcomes. Low reimbursement ratios for time-intensive, midwifery-led care without consideration of quality outcomes limit the potential for sustainability and spread of the birth center model of care.
Authors
- Lauren Hoehn‐Velasco (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4054-9789)
- Diana R. Jolles (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3847-9179)
- Jill Alliman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2254-3789)
- Kate E. Bauer
- Sarah Bradbury (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7782-7768)
- J A Stapleton
- Susan Stapleton
Publication Details
- Journal
- Birth
- Published
- 2026-02-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/birt.70057
- Primary Topic
- Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00