Patient-centred postpartum care provision: virtual delivery, tiered escalation, and tensions between efficiency, preference, and clinical concern
Our findings show women are pragmatic and reasonable about the benefits and risks of differing modes of postpartum care delivery, including virtual care. Our study supports a tiered approach to the provision of postnatal care, which balances perceived efficiencies, preferences of the individual seeking care, and level of clinical concern.
Authors
- Nathan J. Cheetham (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2259-1556)
- Hiten D. Mistry (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2564-7348)
- PAUL T. SEED
- Florence Tydeman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9717-5533)
- Benjamin John Murray (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8198-8131)
- Emma L. Duncan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8143-4403)
- Kathryn M. Dalrymple
- Tisha Dasgupta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7874-9519)
- Christina Hu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3586-3506)
- Alice McGreevy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4903-8301)
- Claire Steves
- Michael H. Malim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7699-2064)
- The RESILIENT Study Group
- Debra Bick
- Deng Jie
- Ingrid Wolfe
- Marina Soley-Bori
- Gillian Horgan
- Sara L White
- Erika Molteni
- Carole H.; id_orcid 0000-0001-5753-428X Sudre
- Nicholas R. Harvey
- Julia R. B. Brown
- Lucilla Poston
- Vicky Bowyer
- Jonathan Wolf
- Sergio A. Silverio
- Michela Antonelli
- Laura A. Magee
- Laura A. Duncan
- Joan Capdevila Pujol
- Aricca D. Van Citters
- Marc F. Österdahl
- Tim D. Spector
- Julia Fox-Rushby
- Eric Kerfoot
- Alexander Hammers
- Harriet Boulding
- Asma Khalil
- Liane S. Canas
- Katie J. Doores
- Peter von Dadelszen
- Eugene C. Nelson
- Marc Modat
Institutions
- University of Liverpool (GB)
- King's College London (GB)
- Hawassa University (ET)
- King's College School (GB)
- MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing (GB)
- University College London (GB)
- James Cook University (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Medicine
- Published
- 2026-02-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-026-04683-5
- Primary Topic
- Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Institute for Health and Care Research
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Health and Social Care Delivery Research